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Amy Olberding
Presidential Professor of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma
Amy Olberding is the Presidential Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma. Her latest book is The Wrong of Rudeness (2019).
Written by Amy Olberding

essayVirtues and vices
Righteous incivility
The temptation to be uncivil grows as public discourse gets nastier and more aggressive. Can rudeness ever be righteous?
Amy Olberding

ideaBeauty and aesthetics
Tidying up is not joyful but another misuse of Eastern ideas
Amy Olberding

essayEthics
The outsider
As a philosopher, I can’t conceal my class. But I prefer the counsel of my grandmother to platitudes about ‘impostor syndrome’
Amy Olberding

ideaDeath
Is the death of an elder worse than the death of a young person?
Amy Olberding