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Ethics and Morality
The Life I Can Save: Helping Alleviate Global Poverty and Human Suffering
Last semester I mentioned to my students that I believe one of the purposes of philosophy is to unsettle us. I then offered the age-old example of Socrates who likened himself to a type of biting fly that arouses a sluggish horse to action through irritation and pain. I then mentioned the philosopher Peter Singer, […]
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Being and Existence
Metaphysics
Religion and Spirituality
From Where Does Love Originate? Miguel de Unamuno Believed It to Be Shared Suffering and Pity
From where does love originate? Many thinkers have attempted to pin down its cause, but whether it be romantic or platonic, from where love originates remains elusive and amorphous. In one of the most beautiful descriptions of love, Michel de Montaigne left the cause of his friendship with Étienne de La Boétie firmly in the […]
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How To Live
Dying Daily: How to Handle Life’s Challenges
By Madeline Diamont – We can bleed and feel that pain, embrace it and wait for the scar to form so we can continue on with our lives and our mission to be better.
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Religion and Spirituality
Why Does Suffering Exist?
By Taylor Gross – The amount of suffering in the world seems disproportionate to the amount of human progress.
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