It’s About Time

Marty! You’ve gotta come back with me!…Back to the future.’Doc’ Emmett Brown: Back to the Future Part II For as long as I can remember I have been curious about time. According to Einstein and others, it is another dimension like the three...

Panpsychism

‘Ex nihilo nihil fit’-Parmenides of Elea My topic for this month is panpsychism. This is the concept that the mind or some corresponding entity is a universal aspect of reality, not just of humans and certain animals. This was the topic of my dissertation...

Offhand Remarks

‘You have funny looking knees’-My cousin’s friend Lee This month isn’t really a philosophy essay, but it does touch on an ethical subject. Many of the things we do in life have unexpected consequences. A commonly cited example is the concept of...

Book Review: How to Be Perfec

Here we’re confronting a condition I think of as Moral Exhaustion.Trying to do the right thing all the time is…a huge pain in the ass.-Michael SchurHow to Be Perfect This month I will be doing something a bit different. Most of my post will be a book...

Doing The Right Thing

 It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people whichis the nature of right and wrong.-Jeremy BenthamChildren have never been very good at listening to their elders,but they have never failed to imitate them.-James BaldwinPlay by the rules, but be...