Wednesday Philosophical Query #6
From Simone de Beauvoir’s The Ethics of Ambiguity: It must not be forgotten that there is a concrete bond between freedom and existence; to will man free is to will there to be being,...
Author: Kyle Cupp
To Hell with the Other
Mitt Romney’s “not elegantly stated” remarks expressed a disposition that’s not exclusive to him or to his base. As I wrote previously, disdain for otherness–a deep-seated and disordering belief that being other is bad–remains...
No, Mr. President, We Are Not The One Indispensable Power in the World
Yesterday President Obama, in a 30 minute campaign speech in Las Vegas, idolized the United States as the much needed “one indispensable power in the world,” demonstrating once again that the fantasy describing him...
Apology: A Sign of Weakness or Strength?
Believe me, there are MANY ways to fairly criticize Obama. But saying he’s on an “apology tour” or is like Jimmy Carter is deeply insane. — David Sessions (@davidsess) September 12, 2012 I agree...
Wednesday Philosophical Query #5
Today’s proposition courtesy of the eternally-recurring(ly)-misinterpreted Friedrich Nietzsche: “But everything has become: there are no eternal facts, just as there are no absolute truths. Consequently what is needed from now on is historical philosophizing,...
The Unwittingly Conditionally Pro-Life
Critics of the pro-life position will at times point to the seeming inconsistency of pro-lifers who support laws to prohibit abortion while opposing policies that would help create conditions beneficial to mothers and their...
The Slavery of the Same
Conor P. Williams praised Michelle Obama’s DNC speech for combating the ugly belief that the president is something other than a real American. “It was a speech that demanded the president’s recognition as one...
Wednesday Philosophical Query #4
My front page post on the vice of lust prompted some discussion on what makes something immoral. A few commenters expressed the view that morality applies only to actions, which, if strictly true, would...
Lustful Thoughts
By which I mean thoughts about lust, of course. My latest is on the front page. Because you write about what you know…
