On Congeniality

Talk about “evil” is beside the point.

What does the fool do when they are irritated by their conditions enough that they feel like tearing into everything? They let the irritation reach their soul. They let another’s beliefs or practices trouble them. Like I said, they are foolish.

Charlotte is a legal guardian. She advocates for youth under the age of 18 seeking asylum in Belgium. I wanted to talk with her about this work.

Must great humanists care about their students? A brilliant scholar thinks not, due in part to his reliance on Aristotelian practical reasoning. But look what happens when we emphasize relational reasoning in the first place.

Owning the confusion that you honestly have in facing things is a key to philosophy. But this difficult, personally uncomfortable thing is professionally discouraged. Mark Fiocco explains why it shouldn't be.

In honor of Earth day, it's worth repeating how planetary injustice emerged from the Age of Exploration's narcissistic object of the globe. How to relate personally to the independent being of the world - and encounter others openly?

For a new mini-series on interpersonal relationships in philosophy, I explain why it's important not to identify with the discipline of philosophy.