Animal Rights Terrorism and Pacifism
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What Are You Reading…On the Philosophy of Film
Understanding art has always been part of philosophy. The way our experience is depicted can change us, so it is important to spend time...
On the Distinction between Objectifying Attitudes and Objectifying Action
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Problem Animals: Abundant Deer and Feral Cats
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What Are You Reading…On Buddhism and Confucianism
Many ancient philosophies had the goal of creating a well-functioning world and used their insights to develop rules of behavior and socio-political orders that...
Anton Wilhelm Amo: The African Philosopher in 18th Century Europe
Anton Wilhelm Amo (c. 1700 – c. 1750) - born in West Africa, enslaved, and then gifted to the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel - became...
What Are You Reading…On Travel
The last few weeks have been filled with travel. After my semester in China ended, I went on a two week tour of China...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: After September 11th, A Permanent State of Exception?
After the September 11th terror attacks, Western broadcast media repeatedly trumpeted the refrain that somehow ‘everything was different!’ than before that shocking event, and...
What Are You Reading…On Human Nature
At lunch recently I had an interesting discussion with two friends. It started with the issue of taxes, and moved through several other smaller...
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Educating The Just Citizen In The Cave of Charlottesville
When one reflects upon the terrorist attack that occurred in Charlottesville Virginia that resulted in one death and nineteen injuries, it is of the...