Kant’s practical philosophy has two ideals, but Kant seems mostly silent on the connection between them: namely the Just State and the Kingdom of Ends. Religion within the Bounds of Mere Reason certainly gives a semblance of an answer, in claiming that we, as a community of huma…
Why would law-abiding citizens protest the arrest of a don (i.e., a leader of a criminal organization) and confront the Jamaican constabulary police force, especially when such actions carry personal risk to the protestors’ safety? Why would the majority of protestors be women? …
This qualitative oral study study’s primary purpose is to elicit, preserve, and explore personal stories from individuals who participated in the April 2018 Oklahoma Teacher Walkout. The study also builds understanding of narrators’ experiences of the events surrounding the Walk…
Honor killings are perpetrated for a wide range of offenses in several parts of the world, including marital infidelity, pre-marital sex, flirting, and divorce. This study investigated the opinions of 18 to 22 Muslim American women, born in the United States, aged 25 to 40, of S…
Using the lenses of social constructionism and critical feminist theory, this dissertation examines how transnational Mexican couples in the agricultural town of Mecca, Southern California, respond to the crisis created by their adolescent children using illegal substances. As p…