Jimmy Alfonso Licon
Jimmy Alfonso Licon is a philosophy professor at Arizona State University working on cooperation and political economy, ethics, and God. Before he taught at University of Maryland, Georgetown, and Towson University. He loves classic rock and Western, movies, and combat sports. He lives with his wife, a prosecutor, and family at the foot of the Superstition Mountains. He also abides.
Posts by Jimmy Alfonso Licon
Without Thinking Twice: (Some Kinds of) Ignorance as Moral Signal
It is typical to treat ignorance as a moral liability in that one can either be culpable for their ignorance, or their ignorance can... Read More
Hearts on the Run (or How Parasites Gave Us Love)
We often think of love as a spiritual, emotional or relationship good. Something deeply human, irreducible and perhaps even transcendent. Yet there is a... Read More
Why People Suck at Charity
The English bourgeoisie is charitable out of self-interest; it gives nothing outright, but regards its gifts as a business matter, makes a bargain with... Read More