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IntroductionMy second semester of teaching philosophy 101 I had that student; the one that every teacher dreads. You know, the one that sits there all class with a scowl on her face and only opens her mouth to say “What’s the point? Why are we even doing this?”. Next to math teachers, philosophy teachers probably […]
Read More Understanding Philosophy in the Real World: BrexitThe Hook: Only through the beer goggles of religion can one claim everyone deserves to die for all and any (perceived) moral infractions and not see the view as repugnant.IntroductionMy attitude towards religion has several times swung from extreme to extreme as drastically as possible for anyone maintaining atheism throughout. My position most aligned with […]
Read More Religious Beer Goggles and Why I am the First Eagle of The ApocalypseIntroductionI’m not even sure how to begin there’s so much idiocy around this issue. Let me start by saying something often heard from the gun rights team. Mass shootings represent only a very small fraction of gun-related homicides (about 1% depending on the study you read). Even if we increase this number by a factor […]
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Wrestling with Philosophy 