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Tag Archives: philosophy
Virtue in a galaxy far, far away
I was going through my hard drive, in search of a newspaper article I thought I had saved a few weeks ago, and found a paragraph of text that was cut from the manuscript of “The Other Side of Virtue”. … Continue reading
Last thoughts about the reason v intuition debate.
All, I do the lecture on the importance and the power of reason in every undergraduate course I teach at every university where I’ve been retained as a lecturer. So this isn’t a new debate to me, and to be … Continue reading
The passing of Deo’s Shadow
Some of you may have noted that Deo’s Shadow Podcast, once the most popular pagan podcast on the entire internet, has been discontinued by its hosts. Deo presents his reasons here.
New words for the new year
Inspired by the episode of “Black Adder” in which our hero attempts to write a new dictionary, and by the music of “Mythodea” by Vangelis, and “Adeimus” by Karl Jenkins, and other choral musics that are sung in invented languages.
Feminism and the Prisoner’s Dilemma
In response to a note by bluewavedruid, which you can read here: http://bluewavedruid.livejournal.com/76373.html which was a response to a note of mine, which you can read here: http://northwestpass.livejournal.com/64833.html I present a further response.
A debate concerning Relativism
It’s a saturday night in Da Hammer, and if I was a normal hetero male of my generation, I’d be out bar-hopping right now. But I’m evidently not, since I’m at home trying to write a book about environmental philosophy. … Continue reading
New Heroism.
I’d like to draw attention to this post by erynn999 concerning an Aboriginal community which, due to a collapse in their fishery this year, has not enough money to buy heating oil. In the winter. In Alaska. Some of the … Continue reading →