Philosophy

John Sullivan, Elon's Maude Sharpe Powell Professor of Philosophy emeritus, was featured in a Nov. 2 front page article in the Raleigh News & Observer on the role that aging adults can play in nurturing spirit and community. Reporter Thomas Goldsmith wrote about an upcoming conference on the issue sponsored by Second Journey. Sullivan will be one of the main speakers at the event on Nov. 7 at North Carolina State University.

WFMY News 2 in Greensboro, N.C., featured a service project organized Nov. 21 by students in professor Anthony Weston's fall course “Ethics and Decision Making.”

A philosophy class at Elon University is teaming up with Allied Churches of Alamance County the weekend before Thanksgiving to build replacement bunk beds for the nonprofit on North Fisher Street in Burlington.

Elon University professors Clyde Ellis and Yoram Lubling have been selected as Senior Faculty Research Fellows for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 academic years. A recommendation from the Presidential Task Force on Scholarship, the competitive program was estabalished to support senior faculty in their ongoing scholarly work.

Troy Martin, assistant director of academic advising, and Stephen Bloch-Schulman, assistant professor of philosophy, presented papers together for a panel of The South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society 2009 Annual Meeting on Sept. 25 in Chapel Hill, N.C.

A poetic new book by philosophy professor emeritus John G. Sullivan invites readers to embrace new energies and practices in the second half of their lives, rethinking many of the traditional views of retirement.

Yoram Lubling, professor of philosophy and author of the recent book, “Twice-Dead: Moshe Y. Lubling, the Ethics of Memory, and the Treblinka Revolt,” will celebrate the Hebrew translation of the book at a special ceremony Oct. 21 at the Ghetto Fighters' Museum in Israel.

John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, was invited to make a presentation to the students at the North Carolina Governor’s School at Meredith College in Raleigh on July 16.

In his most recent essay, John G. Sullivan, Powell Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, reflects, on how to think about fulfillment.