Coffeeeeeeeee!
Mud is Thicker Than Water I worm fruitlessly from the back of the car for us stop for coffee, into static murmurs as Everson’s phone predicts traffic ahead. Then I whimper with the …
Is self-awareness, cognitive compartmentalization?
How we evolved to have self-awareness Mental compartmentalization, is a powerful defense mechanism used to avoid discomfort caused by having conflicting values and emotions. I see the success of compartmentalization as resulting from …
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Is objectivity subjective?
What is an object’s location, without a subject?Without a subject, what is the size, or present state of any object?An object without a subject cannot be pointed at, so where is it?Subjectivity places …
What if there were only one commandment?
Social inequality creates a state of temptation that places those who are not tempted at an advantage. If society had limited your opportunities and your status so that the way for you to …
The Ethical Logic of Continuity
The Universe is moral because it persists. Purpose and meaning are self consistent processes. All purpose is derived from valuing existential continuity – self consistent process loops of continuity aggregating into mutually validating …
Is valuing a moral act?
Part 1 – The Ethics of Intention “…good intentions in human affairs are often deceptive. If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, it is partly because that is the road …
Irrespective Of Perspective: POV w/o me
Existence assumes a first person point of view Second and third persons don’t ring true It’s conceited to act as though they do Truth is first person singular Most people think we have …
The Ethics of Existence
Is there a universal categorical hierarchy that is intrinsically purposeful? What is liberating about an ethical hierarchy built on the idea that existence precedes value? Normative morality and ethics have sought to supply …
Beyond aesthetics of injustice
An audacious call to ethical visionaries to shed moral camouflage Yes, I am with Whitehead that processes not objects best describe reality. We can only grind the neuronal roads we drive, to love, …
Stop denying who “the least of these” are!
“Because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.” Matthew 25:40 This is the universal path to moral development: Remember the least of us. …
