Gregory Fried is a Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. His research focuses on defending the liberal-democratic tradition against its critics. His most recent book is Towards a Polemical Ethics ...
I took my first philosophy class, reading Plato’s Republic and Descartes’ Discourse on ... and publishing important ethics textbooks. For philosophy majors, the department is able to offer all core ...
relations between philosophy and literature; relations between ethics and aesthetics. In Plato and the Hero I concentrate on Plato's critique of the notions and embodiments of 'manliness' and courage ...