by Tanya de Villiers-Botha | Mar 13, 2023 | Uncategorised
Postdoctoral Fellowship Scope of Research: Beyond the violence of metaphysics: Ethics and globalisation at the intersection of decolonial and post-structural philosophy The main aim of the postdoctoral project is to explore the critical and fruitful intersection...
by Tanya de Villiers-Botha | Mar 10, 2023 | Reflections
Just when one began to think that the world has enough problems, the dispute about abortion has been re-opened. This year it is 50 years since the sensational American Supreme Court ruling that found that the state does not have the right to prevent women from having...
by Tanya de Villiers-Botha | Jul 3, 2020 | Covid-19 reflections
Before COVID-19, one of my recent research projects focused on refutations of anti-natalist arguments; specifically, that of David Benatar. Anti-natalists hold that having children is unethical, and Benatar bases this claim on the concept of harm. In short, his...