Professor Makes Presentation at International Conference

Dr. David Goldberg, Westminster College assistant professor of philosophy, presented a paper at the sixth meeting of the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities held Jan. 11-14 in Honolulu.

A multi-disciplinary conference encompassing all aspects of the humanities, it included many interdisciplinary presentations and a significant presence in philosophy.

"My presentation, 'Nietzsche's Perspectivism: A Bankrupt Morality?,' concerned the issue of finding a means for adjudicating moral decisions from within a perspectival system such as Nietzsche's," Goldberg said. "The continual complaint made against such systems is that, without an objective ground for moral adjudication, all positions are justified; hence, all are equally valid."

"To the contrary, I suggest Nietzsche's perspectivism is capable of judging, and that this is grounded in what he describes as the historical context in which we exist," he added. "Nietzsche accomplishes this by adopting a genealogical position in regards to morality." 

Goldberg took a continental approach to the subject, while keynote speaker Dr. Andrew Schoedinger addressed the same topic from an analytic perspective. Goldberg appreciated the opportunity to discuss the similarities and differences of the two viewpoints with Schoedinger and their colleagues.

Goldberg, who has been with Westminster since 2002, earned an undergraduate degree and a master's from the Pennsylvania State University and Ph.D. from Duquesne University.

Contact Goldberg at (724) 946-7153 or e-mail goldbedw@westminster.edu for additional information. 

Dr. David Goldberg