海角乱伦社区

Arash Naraghi

Arash

Dr. Arash Naraghi 

Professor of Philosophy and Religion,
Program Director for Ethics

Contact

Email: naraghia@moravian.edu
Telephone: 610-625-7835 
Office: Comenius Room 106

Education

Dr. Arash Naraghi is a Professor of Philosophy and Religion at 海角乱伦社区. He received his Ph. D. in Philosophy (focusing on Ethics and Philosophy of Religion) from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also has a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Tehran University, Iran.

Curriculum Vitae

Areas of Research and/or Expertise

  • Applied Ethics: Social Ethics, Ethics of Human Rights, Ethics of Gender and Sexuality.
  • Meta-Ethics: The Logic of Moral Dilemmas.
  • Philosophy of Religion and Islamic Philosophy: God鈥檚 Foreknowledge, Arguments for the Existence of God, the Problem of Evil.
  • Reformist Movements in Contemporary Islam: Models of Reconstruction/Reform of Islamic Thought.
  • Contemporary Shi鈥檌 Theology: Shi鈥檌 Political Theories- The Theory of Velayat-e Faqih.
  • Islamic Mysticism: The School of Khurassan: Al-Ghazali, Rumi, Abu Saeed Abul-Khayr.

Recent Articles

  • 鈥淭rans-conceptual Consciousness and Experience of the Transcendental鈥, Andishe Pouya, Feb.  2016, pp.82-85 (Tehran).
  • 鈥淭he Qur鈥檃n and Human Rights of Sexual Minorities鈥,  in The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community of Iran: Examining Human Rights from Religious, Social, Legal and Cultural Perspectives,  International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, 2015.
  • 鈥淎yatollah Khomeini鈥檚 Theory of Government鈥, in Politics and Culture in Contemporary Iran: Challenging the Status Quo, Abbas Milani and Larry Diamond, Eds., Lynne Rienner Publishes, Inc. 2015.

Recent Books

  • Sunnat wa Ofogh-hai Goshodeh (Critical Traditionalism: A New Model of Reform in Islamic Thought), Tehran, Negah-e Moasser, 2016.
  • Modara va Madanyyat (Toleration and Civility: Essays on Social Ethics).  Tehran, 1st edition 2014, 2nd edition 2016.
  • Hadith-e Hazer va Qayeb (A Theology of Absence: An Islamic Experience), Negah-e Moasser, Tehran, 1st edition, 2011.

Recent Conference Presentations

  • 鈥淯nderstanding the Qur鈥檃n within the Limits of Justice: The Issue of Gay and Lesbian Rights in Islamic World鈥, presented at the Conference on 鈥淔reedom of Religion or Belief and Sexuality鈥 organized by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of religion and belief and Muslims for Progressive Values, Geneva, Switzerland, June 8th to 10th.
  • 鈥淧hilosophical Approach to the Problematic of Islam and Homosexuality鈥, Presented at University of Dayton, hosted by Philosophy Department, April 21st, 2016.
  • 鈥淐onsciousness and Mysticism鈥, presented at Iranian Community at University of Texas at Dallas, April 9th, 2016.
  • 鈥淕od, Tragic Dilemmas, and the Problem of Gratuitous Evil鈥, Presented at Society for Philosophy of Religion, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 2016.
  • 鈥淕od, Tragic Dilemmas, and the Problem of Gratuitous Evil,鈥 Presented at 海角乱伦社区, Faculty Luncheon, Oct. 2015.
  • 鈥淢ysticism, Consciousness, and Modern Psychology鈥, presented for Iranian PhD students at Princeton University, July 2015.
  • 鈥淕od, Mind, and Literature鈥, Presented for Iranian Ph.D. Students at Princeton University, April 5, 2014.

Recent TV Appearances

  • BBC Persian (Pargar Program): 鈥淎 Debate on the Problem of Evil鈥, Part I:
  • BBC Persian (Pargar Program): 鈥淎 Debate on the Problem of Evil鈥, Part II:
  • BBC Persian (Safheh 2 Program): 鈥淎re Human Rights Universal?鈥  (from 37 to 52 mins):
  • BBC Persian: 鈥淎 Debate on the Future of Religious Intellectualism (Modernism in Islam)鈥 Part I and Part II. Participants: Arash Naraghi, Hassan Eshkevari, Soroush Dabbagh, in Pargar Program, Produced and Broadcasted by BBC Persian, London, England.
    • Part I, Broadcasted on 10/02/2012:  Link to the Podcast:
    • Part II, Broadcasted on 10/07/2012: Link to the Podcast:
  • BBC Persian: 鈥淎 Debate on Islam and Euthanasia鈥, Participants: Arash Naraghi and Professor Mohsen Kadivar (Duke University), Pargar Program, Produced and Broadcasted by BBC Persian on 12/03/2012.  Link to the Podcast:

Courses

Philosophy

  • 110 Critical Thinking
  • 120 Introduction to Philosophy
  • 220 Advanced Logic
  • 224 Applied Ethics
  • 241 Ancient Philosophy
  • 253 Philosophy of Religion
  • 259 Medical Ethics
  • 279 Philosophy of Law
  • 313 Philosophy of Science
  • 351 Epistemology
  • 355 Meta-Ethics

Religion

  • 115 Major Themes of the Qur鈥檃n
  • 125 Introduction to Islam
  • 231 Atheism
  • 248 Religion and Literature
  • 253 Philosophy of Religion
  • 261 Islamic Philosophy, Theology, and Mysticism
  • 264 Science and Theology