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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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Written by Amy Olberding

Two people, one with purple hair and one wearing a red cap, engaged in a heated yet smiling conversation at an outdoor event.

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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

Marie Kondo kneeling with her eyes closed on a patterned rug with hands clasped, wearing a white cardigan and floral skirt in front of a vintage dresser.

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Beauty and aesthetics

Tidying up is not joyful but another misuse of Eastern ideas

Amy Olberding

A weathered wooden building with an open door at sunset. Shadows of a tree and a person are cast on the wall.

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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’

Amy Olberding

People view a large painting of an elderly Chinese person wearing traditional clothing in a gallery. The painting features muted tones.

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Death

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

Amy Olberding