Jimmy Alfonso Licon

Jimmy Alfonso Licon is an Assistant Teaching Professor (Philosophy) at Arizona State University. He works on issues in ethics, epistemology, and political economy. He teaches classes like bioethics, theory of knowledge, and philosophy of law. He lives in Phoenix, AZ with his wife, and love classic rock, movies, and cooking.

  • Helping Social Security by Helping Yourself

    “Not retiring — instead, doing age-appropriate jobs — is at least a partial solution to the prospect of an insolvent Social Security trust fund.” ~Jimmy Alfonso Licon

    Helping Social Security by Helping Yourself
  • Heaps of Trouble

    “The reason sorites logic is so difficult to diffuse is that there is no obvious line or threshold to be established somewhere between the incremental steps that begin with a budget surplus and end with a budget consumed by interest payments.” ~Jimmy Alfonso Licon

    Heaps of Trouble