Tag Archives: Ethics

The Hero and the Goddess

By Robin Bates | Published: February 1, 2020

My reflections on the meaning of Homer’s gods “The Odyssey.”

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Lit Classics, Our Most Valuable Friends

By Robin Bates | Published: September 22, 2015

Wayne Booth compares our relationship with books to our relationships with friends. Just as we can judge whether a friendship is good for us, so can we do so with a literary work.

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Turn Life into a Great Jamesian Novel

By Robin Bates | Published: March 19, 2014

Philosopher Nancy Nussbaum, drawing on Henry James, shows how the creative imagination is also a moral imagination.

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Close Reading Leads to Superior People

By Robin Bates | Published: January 3, 2014

Recent brain search gives more evidence on the vital necessity of reading literature.

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7 Reasons We Help Others

By Robin Bates | Published: February 27, 2011

Spiritual Sunday If I want to generate a spirited ethical discussion in a class, all I have to do is ask my students whether altruism derives from a higher moral sense or from enlightened self-interest. It is one of those questions that theologians, philosophers, biologists, anthropologists, psychologists, and others can debate for hours. They draw […]

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