I'm Eli Benjamin Israel, philosopher specializing in ethics, moral psychology, social and feminist philosophy. Sometimes, when in the right mood, I also play with Kant.
My research centers on the normativity of trust and consent within interpersonal contexts. I argue for a “two-way street” perspective on trustful and consensual relationships, emphasizing the active assessment and participation of our counterparts in our decisions on whether to trust or consent to them. You can read more about my research here. Currently, I'm doing my Ph.D. at Temple University and I'm also a research affiliate at the Center for Positive Sexuality. Before joining Temple, I did my M.A. and B.A. in the Department of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
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- My paper “Do You Mind Violating My Will? Revisiting and Asserting Autonomy,” in now forthcoming in Routledge's The Philosophy of Sexual Violence edited by Georgi Gardiner and Micol Bez. You can find a draft in this link.
- I recently joined the Center for Positive Sexuality, a non-profit association which addresses social issues through sex positive research and education, as a research affiliate. For more about the CPS, click here.
- My paper “Caring for Valid Sexual Consent” is forthcoming in Hypatia, but you can read it online in this link.
- My paper “A Kantian Account of Moral Trust” has been awarded Best Submission for the Pacific Reading Group Conference by the North American Kant Society, and it's now a finalist for NAKS's 2024 national Marcus Herz Prize.
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