- John Corvino
John Corvino, (born 1969) is an American author and professor of philosophy at
Wayne State University .John Corvino attended St. John's University where he obtained his B.A. in 1990, with a Ph.D
University of Texas at Austin in 1998. He is currently in the Department of Philosophy at Wayne State University where he is an associate professor. He earned tenure in 2007.Reviewing "Same Sex" in the "
Times Literary Supplement ",Nigel Ashford commented that "the tone of the book — of reason and logic, respect for opponents and willingness to engage in intellectual combat — is set by Corvino himself in his examination of the case against homosexuality, and by the inclusion of a rebuttal of his own arguments." (as quoted in Gale's Authors, op.cit.) [http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2117/servlet/BioRC?vrsn=149&OP=contains&locID=scruzpl&srchtp=name&ca=2&c=1&AI=1467758&NA=corvino&ste=12&tbst=prp&tab=1&n=10&docNum=H1000159759&bConts=33]Works
*(Editor and contributor) Same Sex: Debating the Ethics, Science, and Culture of Homosexuality, Rowman & Littlefield (Lanham, MD), 1997. ISBN 0-8476-8482-2
Anthologies
*Do We Need Minority Rights?, The Philosophy of Sex and Remapping the Humanities: Identity, Memory, Community, and (post)Modernity, Wayne State University Press, 2004.
Journals
*Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide
*Between the Lines
*Southwest Philosophy Review
*Business Ethics Quarterly
*Philosophical Quarterly.
*EthicsFilm
*(Lecturer) What's Morally Wrong with Homosexuality?, Paradise Valley Media, 2008.
Reviews
*Times Literary Supplement, September 4, 1998, Nigel Ashford, review of Same Sex: Debating the Ethics, Science, and Culture of Homosexuality, p. 13.
*Washington Post Book World, review of Same Sex, p. 13.Resources
*Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006. http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2117/servlet/BioRC
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPzso1OOTPM
*http://www.johncorvino.com
*http://www.paradisevalleymedia.com
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