For many, the idea of morality or moral philosophy is used as a carrot and a stick, a means with which to reward people who do good with praise, and to punish people who do badly with criticism. We often will conflate actions with persons, equating people who do bad things with people who are… Continue reading Beyond Judgement
In 2019, I pledged, along with a small group of writers on Twitter, to do 20 push-ups a day this year, such that by the time 2019 has ended I will have done 7300 push-ups. It is a commitment I am holding myself to because I want to improve my physicality, and it is something… Continue reading On Millennial Burnout, Habits, and the Virtues to which we hold Ourselves
Aristotle was the first (known) philosopher to posit that we can become better people. He thought we could do this by modifying our actions in such a way that acting morally became an unconscious habit, and that we could know what morality was by watching paragons of virtue and imitating them. Now, the interesting things (for today's… Continue reading Better than we Are
