Deep Dives
Short but relatively formal academic papers and essays where we explore interesting concepts from the subjects that we formally study. Mostly we have well-supported opinions on them. Occasionally we’ll come up with a really good original argument. Either way, they’re fun.
oikeion, or a life that is so
To be alien in one’s own body is an age-old horror story; the instinctive fear that courses through you when you blink and the figure in the mirror does not close its eyes, and you realize that something is very, very wrong.
The Morality and Pleasantry of Rescuing Drowning Children
Can commonsense morality grant you a break from doing unpleasant things?
In the argument for charity as an obligatory moral good, it is important to draw distinctions between moral intuitions and emotional responses. It is not necessarily morally acceptable to avoid what is unpleasant.