Lorraine Marie Arangno, PhD

Lorraine Marie Arangno, PhD

Lorraine Marie Arangno, PhD

Teaching Professor
Department of Philosophy
COLU 4053
Office Hours:
Tuesday & Thursday | 11 am-12 pm

Professional Summary

Lorraine Marie Arangno received her PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder and earned her MA from the University of Georgia. From Mercer University Arangno was granted a BS in Philosophy and Biology, and a BA in Psychology. She served on both the Medical Ethics Committee at Rose Medical Center, Denver, and on the St. Francis Hospital’s Ethics Committee in Colorado Springs. Arangno is a 2015-16 Fellow of the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative. She has published in the fields of Ethics and Logic; and is currently writing an Ethics book (first volume centering on Plato and Aristotle). Current interests and research include articles on Jean-Paul Sartre, the Dignity of Human Life; Metaethical debates in Ethical Theory; the Possibility of the Good Life through Ethics and Cognitive Health, and the Concept of Personhood in Non-Human Animals.

Editorial Reviews

  • Reviewer of “The Role of Emotion Modulation in Moral Bio-enhancement Debate” for Topoi, Journal of Philosophy 2016-2017
  • “Reviewer of "Enhancements 2.0: Self-Creation” for Topoi, Journal of Philosophy 2016-2017
  • Reviewer of Ethics: Selections from Classical and Contemporary Writers, Oliver Johnson and Andrew Reath, 11th edition.
  • Reviewer of Manuscripts for the October 2017 Mountain Plains Conference.
  • Reviewer of Logic, Second Edition, Stan Baronett, Oxford University Press.
  • Reviewer of A Modern Day Heretic, D. C. Arangno 2005
  • “Why the UN Security Council Should Not Lift the South Sudan Arms Embargo”, by Wuol Duop-Chak.  South Sudan: Sudan Tribune, 2023

Under Contract for Publication

  • A Philosophical Journey into Ethics: Series One: Plato. Textbook slated to be published 2020.
  • A Philosophical Journey into Ethics: Volume One: Plato and Aristotle. Kendall and Hunt, 2025.

Documentary

  • Documentary entitled: The Dynamics of Moral Instruction Created for the Daniels’ Ethics Initiative and for the UCCS Philosophy Department (available in 2020).
  • Documentary entitled: The Dynamics of Moral Instruction (completion date 2025).

Published Articles

  • “Radical Wellness for a Radically Ethical Life,” Culture and the Brain, (Springer Journal of Clinical Psychology), 2017. (peer-reviewed journal)
  • “Pleasure: The Choice of Hercules,” The European Legacy (Taylor and Francis), 2013. (peer-reviewed journal)
  • "Reflections on the Duty to Aid According to the Philosophy of John Stuart Mill," Journal of Ethical Studies, Vol, 3, Jan-Mar
  • “The Ethicist," The Value of Many Voices (Denver: Center for Health Ethics and Policy at the University of Colorado at Denver's Graduate School of Public Affairs, 
  • "An Overview: the Medical Ethics Committee at Rose," Dimensions Vol. 12, No. 3, 
  • “The Technological Imperative: A Commentary on Baby Fae," Frontlines, VoI. 1, Number 4, 
  • “Transcendence of the Imminent," Symposium: The Secularization Of the Law, Mercer University Law Review, Vol. 31 ‘80. (Peer-reviewed journal)
  • Arangno, D.C., Arangno, L.M. Mathematical Structure Applied to Metaethical Dialectics. Philosophia 50, 1563–1577 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-022-00468-1

Guest Lectures

  • Speaker to the 2016 Closing Conference of the Southern Colorado Dietetic Association by President-Elect, Bjorklund, of the SCDA/Penrose Hospital Main. Talk entitled: The Good Life: How to be Healthy and Happy .
  • Beth El School of Nursing in Colorado Springs, Subject: "Ethical Concerns Regarding the Issue of Informed Consent."
  • UCCS Philosophy Club, Lecture: "Medical Ethics: The Issue of Informed Consent."
  • Dekalb College, Atlanta Georgia, "Ethics and the Law."
  • Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Mathematics Department. Lecture: "An Introduction to Logic."

Published Books

Arangno, D.C., Arangno, L.M. Mathematical Structure Applied to Metaethical Dialectics. Philosophia 50, 1563–1577 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-022-00468-1 

Curriculum Vitae