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For the last seven years, my New Year’s resolution has stayed the same: talk less. This isn’t because I’m a particularly rambunctious interlocutor. In fact, I tend to be one of the quieter ones. My resolution endures because I think …
Last week, I spoke to a friend about the virtues of meditating one’s pinky finger. We were considering the tyranny that is staring down a horizon with unanchored feet and the nausea that is lightness without heaviness. We elected to …
Last Wednesday, Clinton Castro, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Information School and Department of Philosophy, discussed the technological present and used Kantian philosophy to argue that there is a need to protect others, primarily children, from the threat …
What is living a life of principles if not making a series of comparisons? In determining that some lifestyle confers greater benefits on oneself than another, one must compare the two lifestyles, weigh their virtues and vices and choose a …
There are few works as unsettling as “The Republic.” Not because of its complexity or reputation but because it refuses to let us hide from the hardest questions: What is justice? Is it even possible? And what kind of life …
One morning, someone walks into your room and tells you that you have a slice of toast waiting for you for breakfast. After getting ready for the day, you walk into the kitchen, and to your surprise, you find a …
I’ll first note (though I’m not sure this is a necessary or useful allotment of my word count) that I write as a Christian and, more generally, as a believer. Consequently, the following reflections may not resonate with much of …
I don’t have a favorite donut, but if I had to pick, it would probably be a Boston cream or some sort of donut with filling. I’m not too concerned about the filling’s flavor, so long as it’s yummy.
I …
Kurt Vonnegut’s novel “Mother Night” is the story of an American spy, Howard W. Campbell Jr., who spent his career posing as a notorious Nazi propagandist during World War II. Set in Campbell’s twilight years, the novel introduces our protagonist, …
Professor of Philosophy Scott Sehon was asked a challenging question by his grandmother upon returning home to Kansas after his first semester of college: “What is philosophy?” He was asked the same question this year by incoming students at the …
