SPOTLIGHT
THEORY
COVID-19, Capitalism, and Socialism
by Victor Wallis The COVID-19 emergency underscores longstanding truths about capitalism and socialism. Acting on the most immediate demands that
The Übermensch and Transhumanism
By: Dan Corjescu Does Nietzsche have anything important to say to us, the current inhabitants of a hyperglobal age? Nietzsche
Four Reasons Civilization Won’t Decline: It Will Collapse
By Craig Collins As modern civilization’s shelf life expires, more scholars have turned their attention to the decline and fall
PRACTICE
The Bizarre Blindspot in “Planet of the Humans”
So, was the film "Planet of the Humans" a hit job on the environmental movement disguised by the filmmakers' phony claim to care about Mother Earth? Or was it an honest, get real, exposé of its assertion that, "The takeover of the environmental movement by capitalism is now complete"?
COVID-19, Capitalism, and Socialism
by Victor Wallis The COVID-19 emergency underscores longstanding truths about capitalism and socialism. Acting on the most immediate demands that
Four Reasons Civilization Won’t Decline: It Will Collapse
By Craig Collins As modern civilization’s shelf life expires, more scholars have turned their attention to the decline and fall
JUSTICE
Euthanasia, or Mercy Killing
Nathan Nobis from 1000-Word Philosophy examines the arguments pertaining to the difficult issue of euthanasia. Sadly, there are people in
Social Contract Theory
When you make an agreement of some significance (e.g., to rent an apartment, or join a gym, or divorce), you typically agree to certain terms: you sign a contract. This is for your benefit, and for the the other party’s benefit: everyone’s expectations are clear, as are the consequences of failing to meet those expectations.
Plato’s Crito: When should we break the law?
Plato’s Crito describes a conversation that takes place in 399 B.C.E. in an Athens prison, where Socrates awaits execution.Not long before, an assembly of more than 500 Athenian citizens convicted Socrates of corrupting the youth and impiety, essentially failing to respect the gods of the city.
ARTS & LETTERS
Dear Nations Trying to Undermine our Democracy
To the Nations Trying to Undermine our Democracy, Your continued attempts at destroying our republic are growing tiresome. It’s our Constitution. Let us ruin it.
Trump Forecasts Hurricane Dorian to Return and Decimate All 50 States
Washington, D.C. - After swiping at the Eastern seaboard of the United States and then heading out to the Canadian Maritimes last week, Hurricane Dorian will be coming back with a vengeance, according to Meteorologist-in-Chief, Donald Trump.
Woodstock Turns 50: Behind the Curtain with John Morris, Head of Production
When you have a master or a leader, there’s always another master somewhere fighting them off or trying to contest them. The masters of other people can look pretty annoying to you, if not contemptible, irrelevant, reprehensible. I think about Beatlemania, where people were just horrified — What the hell is going on? These four guys with weird floppy haircuts. Or with Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, or any of the other rock stars. The disgust and terror that people have that others are caught up.