Faculty Member
My research focuses on issues in ancient philosophy, ethical theory and medical ethics, and especially on topics at the intersections of these.
In ancient philosophy, I have an ongoing interest in the role of luck in Aristotle’s ethics, and in Aristotle’s views about the influence of a person's physiology on the potential for virtue. I am currently developing a set of papers on Aristotle’s view of akrasia (moral weakness) and a physiological explanation of his account of tragic catharsis (emotional purging) in the Poetics.
My work in ethics focuses on the largely ignored phenomenon of anonymity, and especially on the moral psychology of agents involved in anonymity relations. As an extension of this project, I am currently exploring the concept of silence and its value (and disvalue) in the information age.
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In ancient philosophy, I have an ongoing interest in the role of luck in Aristotle’s ethics, and in Aristotle’s views about the influence of a person's physiology on the potential for virtue. I am currently developing a set of papers on Aristotle’s view of akrasia (moral weakness) and a physiological explanation of his account of tragic catharsis (emotional purging) in the Poetics.
My work in ethics focuses on the largely ignored phenomenon of anonymity, and especially on the moral psychology of agents involved in anonymity relations. As an extension of this project, I am currently exploring the concept of silence and its value (and disvalue) in the information age.
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About Julie E Ponesse
My research focuses on issues in ancient philosophy, ethical theory and medical ethics, and especially on topics at the intersections of these.
In ancient philosophy, I have an ongoing interest in the role of luck in Aristotle’s ethics, and in Aristotle’s views about the influence of a person's physiology on the potential for virtue. I am currently developing a set of papers on Aristotle’s view of akrasia (moral weakness) and a physiological explanation of his account of tragic catharsis (emotional purging) in the Poetics.
My work in ethics focuses on the largely ignored phenomenon of anonymity, and especially on the moral psychology of agents involved in anonymity relations. As an extension of this project, I am currently exploring the concept of silence and its value (and disvalue) in the information age.
In ancient philosophy, I have an ongoing interest in the role of luck in Aristotle’s ethics, and in Aristotle’s views about the influence of a person's physiology on the potential for virtue. I am currently developing a set of papers on Aristotle’s view of akrasia (moral weakness) and a physiological explanation of his account of tragic catharsis (emotional purging) in the Poetics.
My work in ethics focuses on the largely ignored phenomenon of anonymity, and especially on the moral psychology of agents involved in anonymity relations. As an extension of this project, I am currently exploring the concept of silence and its value (and disvalue) in the information age.
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