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  1. Raimond Gaita on Saints, Love and Human Preciousness.Christopher Hamilton - 2008 - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 11 (2):181-195.
    Raimond Gaita’s work in moral philosophy is unusual and important in focusing on the concept of sainthood. Drawing partly on the work of George Orwell, and partly on the life and work of Simone Weil, as well as on further material, I argue that Gaita’s use of this notion to help make sense of the concept of human preciousness is unconvincing, not least because he does not properly explore the figure and psychology of the saint in any detail. I relatedly (...)
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  2. Nietzsche on nobility and the affirmation of life.Christopher Hamilton - 2000 - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 3 (2):169-193.
    In this paper I explore Nietzsche's thinking on the notions of nobility and the affirmation of life and I subject his reflections on these to criticism. I argue that we can find at least two understandings of these notions in Nietzsche's work which I call a 'worldly' and an 'inward' conception and I explain what I mean by each of these. Drawing on Homer and Dostoyevsky, the work of both of whom was crucial for Nietzsche in developing and exploring his (...)
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  3. The Christian Platonism of Simone Weil.Christopher Hamilton - 2006 - Ars Disputandi 6:1566-5399.
     
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    Nietzsche and the murder of God.Christopher Hamilton - 2007 - Religious Studies 43 (2):165-182.
    Nietzsche's tortured relationship to the Christian God has received scant attention from commentators. In this paper I seek to map out the central lines a proper understanding of Nietzsche in this regard might take. I argue that fundamental in such an understanding is Nietzsche's profoundly corporeal moral vocabulary, and I trace connections between this vocabulary and Nietzsche's concern with cleanliness, his asceticism, and the notion of a sense of common humanity with others.
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    Living Philosophy: Reflections on Life, Meaning, and Morality.Christopher Hamilton - 2001 - Edinburgh University Press.
    In a series of original and perceptive philosophical essays, Christopher Hamilton reflects on the mystery of life and our quest to understand it.
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  6. ‘Frail worms of the earth’: philosophical reflections on the meaning of life.Christopher Hamilton - 2018 - Religious Studies 54 (1):55-71.
    Many philosophers in the analytic tradition have recently sought to explore the question of the meaning of life. In the first part of this paper I subject two important approaches from this tradition – those of John Cottingham and Susan Wolf - to criticism. I then suggest that Cottingham and Wolf articulate certain assumptions about the meaning of life that are widely shared amongst analytic philosophers. I go on to subject those assumptions to criticism and seek to develop an alternative (...)
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    (1 other version)Middle Age.Christopher Hamilton - 2009 - Routledge.
    Middle age, for many, marks a key period for a radical reappraisal of one's life and way of living. The sense of time running out, both from the perspective that one's life has ground to a halt, and from the point of view of the greater closeness of death, and the sense of loneliness engendered by the compromised and wasteful nature of life, become ever clearer in mid-life, and can lead to a period of dramatic self doubt.In this book, the (...)
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    The nature of evil a reply to Garrard.Christopher Hamilton - 1999 - Philosophical Explorations 2 (2):122 – 138.
    In this article I explore Eve Garrard's recent account of evil and some work of Colin McGinn's on the same topic. I argue that neither provides a satisfactory account of evil. In doing so, I discuss the role of conscience, sadism and indifference to the suffering of others in evil-doing. I argue that the evil-doer can be admirable and I explore the relation between agent and action in the evil deed.The idea that evil is mysterious is considered and I conclude (...)
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  9. Philosophy and religion, hope and rapture.Christopher Hamilton - 2019 - European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 11 (3):115-134.
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    Ethics and the spirit.Christopher Hamilton - 1998 - Philosophical Investigations 21 (4):315–337.
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  11. Kierkegaard on truth as subjectivity: Christianity, ethics and asceticism.Christopher Hamilton - 1998 - Religious Studies 34 (1):61-79.
    This paper is an exploration and interpretation of Kierkegaard's account of Christian belief. I argue that Kierkegaard believed that the Christian metaphysical tradition was exhausted and hence that there could be no defence of belief in God in purely rational terms. I defend this interpretation against objections, going on to argue that Kierkegaard thought it possible to defend a post-metaphysical conception of religious belief. I argue that Kierkegaard thought that such a defence was available if we understand correctly what it (...)
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    Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings.David Benatar, Cheshire Calhoun, Louise Collins, John Corvino, Yolanda Estes, John Finnis, Deirdre Golash, Alan Goldman, Greta Christina, Raja Halwani, Christopher Hamilton, Eva Feder Kittay, Howard Klepper, Andrew Koppelman, Stanley Kurtz, Thomas Mappes, Joan Mason-Grant, Janice Moulton, Thomas Nagel, Jerome Neu, Martha Nussbaum, Alan Soble, Sallie Tisdale, Alan Wertheimer, Robin West & Karol Wojtyla (eds.) - 1980 - Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
    This book's thirty essays explore philosophically the nature and morality of sexual perversion, cybersex, masturbation, homosexuality, contraception, same-sex marriage, promiscuity, pedophilia, date rape, sexual objectification, teacher-student relationships, pornography, and prostitution. Authors include Martha Nussbaum, Thomas Nagel, Alan Goldman, John Finnis, Sallie Tisdale, Robin West, Alan Wertheimer, John Corvino, Cheshire Calhoun, Jerome Neu, and Alan Soble, among others. A valuable resource for sex researchers as well as undergraduate courses in the philosophy of sex.
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    Alexander Pruss on Love and the Meaningfulness of Sex.Christopher Hamilton - 2015 - Roczniki Filozoficzne 63 (3):55-74.
    In this essay I explore Alexander Pruss’ conceptions of love and sexual desire. I argue that he fails to provide a convincing account of either and that one reason for this is that he ignores far too much relevant material in philosophy and the arts that needs to be taken into account in a thorough investigation of such matters. I argue further that Pruss’ understanding of love and sex is highly moralized, meaning that his discussion is not at all sensitive (...)
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    A philosophy of tragedy.Christopher Hamilton - 2016 - London: Reaktion Books.
    A Philosophy of Tragedy explores the tragic condition of man in modernity. Nietzsche knew it, as have countless characters in literature, and the modern age places us squarely before it: the sheer contingency and instability of our existence, our homelssness, our unredeemed suffering, our fractured relation to morality. Christopher Hamilton draws as much on literature, including the tragic theatre, as on philosophy to offer a stirring account of our tragic state. In doing so he explores the nature of philosophy itself, (...)
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    3. Body, Memory, and Irrelevancies in Hiroshima mon amour.Christopher Hamilton - 2015 - In Christopher Cowley (ed.), The Philosophy of Autobiography. University of Chicago Press. pp. 72-95.
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    Enjoyment: The moral significance of styles of life.Christopher Hamilton - 2009 - International Journal of Philosophical Studies 17 (4):611 – 616.
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    How to deal with adversity.Christopher Hamilton - 2014 - New York: Picador.
    No matter how insulated we are by wealth or friends we can all expect to undergo some form of loss, failure, or disappointment. The common reaction is to bear it as best we can--some do this better than others--and move on with life. Dr. Christopher Hamilton proposes a different response to adversity. Focusing on the arenas of family, love, illness, and death, he explores constructive ways to deal with adversity and embrace it to derive unique insight into our condition. Offering (...)
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    Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, by Kieran Setiya.Christopher Hamilton - 2018 - Mind 127 (508):1237-1245.
    _ Midlife: A Philosophical Guide _, by SetiyaKieran. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017. Pp. 186.
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    On Birth and Death.Christopher Hamilton - 1999 - Cogito 13 (1):33-37.
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    Philosophy and Autobiography: Reflections on Truth, Self-Knowledge and Knowledge of Others.Christopher Hamilton - 2021 - Springer Verlag.
    This book seeks to explore relations starting from Stanley Cavell’s claim that philosophy and autobiography are dimensions of each other, first by seeking to develop a philosophy of autobiography, and then by exploring the issue from the side of six autobiographical works. This volume argues that there are good reasons for thinking that philosophical texts can be considered autobiographical, and then turns to discuss the autobiographies of Walter Benjamin, Peter Weiss, Jean-Paul Sartre, George Orwell, Edmund Gosse and Albert Camus. In (...)
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    Power, Punishment and Reconciliation in the Political and Social Thought of Simone Weil.Christopher Hamilton - 2008 - European Journal of Social Theory 11 (3):315-330.
    The aim of this article is to explore some aspects of the significance of Simone Weil's work for the question of reconciliation. Focusing on Weil's notion of power, and investigating its plausibility, the article argues that her thinking is less useful than is sometimes supposed for grounding a cosmopolitan ethic. It further argues that Weil's philosophical outlook, with its emphasis on loving everything that happens as an expression of God's will, is in danger of being incapable of taking seriously others' (...)
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    Religion, Forgiveness and Humanity.Christopher Hamilton - 2015 - Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 77:185-205.
    There are many ways of doing philosophy of religion. No doubt all of them have need of abstract concepts and passages where reflection is more technical than it usually is, say in everyday thought and reflection. But it is well known that, in this area of philosophy, and not only in this area of philosophy, abstract reflection can run the risk of losing contact with the ins and outs, the finer-grained details, of the lived experience of reality. One way to (...)
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    Rapture.Christopher Hamilton - 2024 - Columbia University Press.
    What is it like to experience rapture? For philosopher Christopher Hamilton, it is a loss of self that is also a return to self—an overflowing and emptying out of the self that also nourishes and fills the self. In this inviting book, he reflects on the nature of rapture and its crucial yet unacknowledged place in our lives. Hamilton explores moments of rapture in everyday existence and aesthetic experience, tracing its disruptive power and illuminating its philosophical significance. Rapture is found (...)
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    Simone Weil: An apprenticeship in attention – by Mario Von der ruhr.Christopher Hamilton - 2008 - Philosophical Investigations 31 (4):374-379.
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    The Great Critic and an Aesthetic Education.Christopher Hamilton - 1999 - The Journal of Aesthetic Education 33 (2):51.
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    Virtue and Human Flourishing.Christopher Hamilton - 1998 - Cogito 12 (1):71-76.
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    Anne‐Marie Søndergaard Christensen, Moral Philosophy and Moral Life (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021). pp. x + 226. Hardback (ISBN 978‐0‐19‐886669‐5) price $70.00. [REVIEW]Christopher Hamilton - 2022 - Philosophical Investigations 45 (3):381-384.
    Philosophical Investigations, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 381-384, July 2022.
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    Begreifen des Unbegreiflichen: Philosophie und Religion bei Johann Gottlieb Fichte 1800–1806. [REVIEW]Christopher Hamilton - 2000 - Religious Studies 36 (2):227-245.
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    Humour and Irony in Kierkegaard's Thought. [REVIEW]Christopher Hamilton - 2002 - Religious Studies 38 (2):225-246.
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    (1 other version)J. Kellenberger. Kierkegaard and Nietzsche: Faith and eternal acceptance. Library of philosophy & religion. (London, Macmillan, 1997.) Pp IX+150. £40 hb, £7.99 pb. [REVIEW]Christopher Hamilton - 1998 - Religious Studies 34 (2):219-229.
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    (1 other version)Jonathan reé and Jane Chamberlain (eds.). Kierkegaard: A critical reader. (Oxford: Blackwell, 1997.) Pp. X+186. £45.00 hbk, £14.99 pbk. [REVIEW]Christopher Hamilton - 1998 - Religious Studies 34 (4):497-507.
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    Simone Weil, Late Philosophical Writings , . viii+204, $20 pb. [REVIEW]Christopher Hamilton - 2016 - Philosophical Investigations 39 (4).
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    SimoneWeil, Late Philosophical Writings (ed. with intro. Eric O.Springsted, trans. Eric O. Springsted and Lawrence E. Schmidt), (Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015). viii+204, $20 pb. [REVIEW]Christopher Hamilton - 2017 - Philosophical Investigations 40 (2):184-188.
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    The Aesthetics of Argument, by Martin Warner: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. xvii + 318, £50. [REVIEW]Christopher Hamilton - 2017 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 95 (3):618-620.
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  35. The Christian Platonism of Simone Weil, edited by E. Jane Doering and Eric O. Springsted. [REVIEW]Christopher Hamilton - 2007 - Ars Disputandi 7.
     
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  36. It Could be You--But Would it be Fair? Theories of Iustice and the National Lottery, 95 Katherine Hawley Volume 13 Number 1 1999. [REVIEW]Keith Spence, Hard Case, Christopher Hamilton & Robin Attfield - 1999 - Cogito 13 (1):216.
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