A Complicated Moral Dilemma From “The Walking Dead” — There’s a common moral dilemma brought up as a way to illustrate the complexity of situations. These dilemmas are often a version of sacrificing one for the many. If there was an army coming your way, and the leader of the army asked you to either sacrifice one of your…

Do We Really Need God for Morality? — In 1882, Nietzsche stated in his book The Gay Science that “God is dead”. He wasn’t celebrating this fact; in fact, he was quite concerned about it. Dostoevsky, the author of some of the greatest books of all time, was concerned as well. In 1879, he published The Brothers Karamazov…

Leaving a Light On for Those Who Are Lost — I think that one of the hardest things to watch in life is to see someone whom you deeply care about be negligent in helping themselves, in showing up for themselves. The classic example is the parents who have a kid that becomes addicted to drugs. …

Debunking Romantic Notions — It should go without saying, but we absolutely need to have some values. …

Is It Stoic to Act Differently in Different Situations? — There are two seemingly contradictory ideas in Stoicism. The first is that we should not let externals dictate our actions. The second is that we are all part of a larger whole. In sum, the question becomes: is it Stoic to be a product of your environment? …

Can We Learn to be Better Friends to Ourselves? — The idea of showing up for yourself is a bit odd; how could you not show up for yourself? You are you, after all! However, we all fall short of showing up for ourselves. It doesn’t simply mean that we are physically present; surely, we have no choice. Like many…

Why Language Barriers Really Don’t Matter — I lived in Quebec City for about 2 years, and when I was there I only spoke broken French. The French and English relations in Canada are mostly good now, but there are some barriers there. For one, the French and the British back in the day fought over Canada…

The Story of a Black American Who Befriended KKK Members — Daryl Davis is a black American who has actually converted members of the KKK to being no longer racist. You heard that right — a black man, who KKK members inherently hate, was able to convince KKK members to give up their cloaks. How did he manage to do this…

How Can We Find Union in a Time of Division? It seems the political divide — left vs. right — is only getting bigger and bigger. I’ve been doing a lot of pondering on why we seem to disagree so much to the point where debates can often disintegrate into…