Carlo Filice

Professor Of Philosophy

Welles 102D

585-245-5232

filice@geneseo.edu

Carlo Filice has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 1985. His areas of expertise include ethics and comparative religious ideas. His recent book, The Purpose of Life: An Eastern Philosophical Vision, tackles some perennial questions and ventures some unusual answers.

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Office Hours

Spring 2020 – M/T/W 2:45 – 3:45, and by appointment.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

B.A., Western Illinois University

M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois; 1986

Publications

The Purpose of Life: An Eastern Philosophical Vision (University Press of America, 2011) Buy it on Amazon

Selected Articles:
Success and Luck, Philosophy Now, No 166, 2025;
The First “Fake News” Story (or, What the Serpent Would Have Said), Counterpunch, May 2018
Why is There a World, Philosophy Now, No 128, 2018;
Free Will is Still Alive, Philosophy Now, No 124, 2018;
Libertarian Autonomy and Intrinsic Motives, Social Theory and Practice, Vol 36, No 4, 2010.
Review of Understanding World Religions: A Road Map for Justice and Peace.” In The Journal for Peace and Justice Studies, Vol 17, No 2, 2008.
The Moral Case for Reincarnation, Religious Studies, Vol 42, March 2006.
On the Autonomy of the Divine, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 55, No. 2, 2004.
On The Obligation To Keep Informed About Distant Atrocities, newly revised and updated, included in Applied Ethics: A Multicultural Approach, Third Edition, by May and Collins (Prentice Hall, 2002).

Interests

Theories of Freedom
Ethics/Justice Theories
Philosophy of Religion
Purpose of Life Accounts

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