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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).

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Righteous incivility | Aeon
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Virtues 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

Tidying up is not joyful but another misuse of Eastern ideas | Aeon
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Beauty and aesthetics

Tidying up is not joyful but another misuse of Eastern ideas

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The outsider | Aeon
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Ethics

The outsider

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

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Is the death of an elder worse than the death of a young person? | Aeon
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Death

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

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