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Posts Tagged ‘philosophy’
“Free” speech
Posted in Politics, tagged law, philosophy, prudence, security on 5 April 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Der Lebenskunst
Posted in Personal, tagged Camus, literature, Mann, philosophy on 8 December 2009 | 1 Comment »
Or, To the Art of Life. I fear that what follows may reveal a level of seriousness either entirely appropriate or wholly insufficient for the purpose of meaningful living. Of course, I don’t intend to bother with any kind of metaphysical treatments, but rather: Wherein do I find my comforts, my joys and pains, indeed my [...]
This post is not about “football”
Posted in Policy, tagged context, football, organization, philosophy, rugby on 17 November 2009 | 3 Comments »
Well, my intention with this post is to talk about something towards which I have a pretty inflexible disposition, in order to make a different point altogether. First, though, in order to brace myself for the passionate responses this might elicit, it seems appropriate to come clean about all the bias I know to be [...]
Bibliophilia, more or less
Posted in Personal, tagged books, Camus, Conrad, history, literature, Mann, philosophy on 29 September 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve had this post in mind for a while, actually since reading this clever piece on what our bookshelves might say about us. Having procrastinated long enough, and having mentioned to two good friends just yesterday that I was thinking about this, it seems like as good a time as any to take a short [...]
Some very brief thoughts on stuff
Posted in Personal, tagged philosophy on 19 May 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That’s been one of those creeping thoughts lately, the kind that nags you until you’re forced to find some answer that will sufficiently hush up your Unconscious long enough to let you get on with it. We’re not talking about an existential crisis here, nor some deep soul-searching psychoanalysis, but simply about knowing that “all [...]
Causality and intellecual dishonesty
Posted in Policy, tagged causality, means and ends, philosophy, prudence, torture on 14 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It comes as hardly a surprise that the President is a liar, and that he lied about perhaps the most fundamental grievance against the legitimacy of American foreign engagement during his administration. The only way for the gentleman not to be a liar (“We don’t torture.” – Bush 2006), is to conclude that inducing drowning [...]
Some ‘rule of law’ thoughts…
Posted in Policy, tagged just war, law, philosophy, reason, sovereignty on 7 January 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Following up on last week’s justice theme, it seems appropriate to get down some ideas about the rule of law. Particularly, I’m intrigued by the twisting and contorting of principles in order to fit morally and (I would hope) legally unambiguous events into palatable frameworks of understanding. Perhaps absolutism and relativism will constantly be at [...]
By what means?
Posted in Policy, tagged jus in bello, just war, philosophy, sovereignty on 28 December 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Gaza cease-fire ended this week and, predictably, hell has been unleashed on that wretched sliver of earth yet again. I’ve been trying to think of what I could add to the ongoing commentary on the Palestinian-Israeli situation, a topic that is already debated and spun ad nauseam. The truth is, not very much. Instead, [...]
And so it begins…
Posted in Personal, tagged otherness, philosophy on 9 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been delaying (procrastinating, perhaps?) the start of my blog for a good while now, but the excuses for not taking a moment to sit down and write have started wearing rather thin. The title I’ve chosen for this journal represents only the ideal that I will offer at least one substantial piece every week, [...]
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