Charles Duke is a Ph.D. candidate and instructor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of South Florida. His research focuses on the history of modern philosophy and the philosophy of religion. Additionally, he has served as an adjunct instructor at Harding University, Felician University, and as a teaching fellow in philosophy of religion at Yale Divinity School. He lives in Tampa, FL with his wife and daughter.
Book Review: A History of Nihilism in the Nineteenth Century: Confrontations with Nothingness by Jon Stewart
October/November 2026: The Ethics of Incarceration (Volume 26 Issue 5)
[1] If God does not exist, is human existence bereft of ultimate meaning and significance? If immortality is impossible, if there is no afterlife, what explains fear of death or being posthumously forgotten by the world? Are ethical norms and values simply groundless and pragmatic conventions? These represent some of the perennial problems associated with […]

