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About Kelly Oliver

Kelly Oliver is W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. She is the author of over one hundred articles and twenty books, including, most recently, "Hunting Girls"; "Earth and World: Philosophy After the Apollo Missions"; and "Technologies of Life and Death: From Cloning to Capital Punishment".
Latest Posts | By Kelly Oliver
Jean Vanier and an Ethics of Tenderness
5 years ago

Jean Vanier and an Ethics of Tenderness

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In 1964, after a visit to an institution in France where disabled men were kept locked up, Jean Vanier (1928-2019) gave up teaching philosophy at the University of Toronto and …
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If this is feminism…
7 years ago

If this is feminism…

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The dust-up on social media over Rebecca Tuvel’s article, “In Defense of Transracialism” published in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, has given a new meaning to the public/private split …
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Consent is not a Contract

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Contracts may require consent, but is consent a form of contract? From current informed medical consent policies to affirmative sexual consent polices, consent is being treated, explicitly or implicitly, as …
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Rape on Campus: The Title IX Revolution
8 years ago

Rape on Campus: The Title IX Revolution

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Title IX legislation, associated primarily with equal opportunities for girls in high school and college athletics, has become a turning point in discussions of sexual assault.  Until recently, the greatest …
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Social Media and the Lack of Consent
8 years ago

Social Media and the Lack of Consent

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SOCIAL MEDIA SUCH AS FACEBOOK, Snapchat, and Tinder were invented as part of a culture that objectifies and denigrates girls and women. It is well known that the Facebook founder …
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Loving the Earth Enough
9 years ago

Loving the Earth Enough

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What does it mean to love the earth, this rich network of relationality that sustains earthlings, as our shared home? In Darwinian terms, love is the social instinct that drives …
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