The Selfish “-ism”

©1948 Harding College The Birth of Objectivism For those who don't recognize what the above video is, it is an example of post-war propaganda from the 1940's. During this period America was only a few years past the end of the Second World War, Europe was piecing itself together, and the Soviet Union's influence was …

Justice as an Institution: Part One

Conceptualizing Justice "Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them."  — Jean-Jacques Rousseau There are few concepts that have been more central to the realm of politics than the concept of justice.  Justice is at the heart of civilization's structure and is a nebulous notion that has arrested the minds …

A Note From The Author

First off, apologies for the inconsistent posts. The first year or so of my writing for this blog has been extremely inconsistent due to life in general.  I like writing these for free so that requires me to work a lot and my occupation is unpredictable at the best of times.  In anticipation of this …

The Sin of Despair

Part Two of The Sickness Unto Death In the last post I discussed the first part of Søren Kierkegaard's work, The Sickness Unto Death. In it I discussed the the nature of what Kierkegaard describes as despair. It was shown that he believed that despair was the wanting to be other than ones self or …

The Sickness of Despair

Part One of The Sickness Unto Death For many who are of a secular mind, life is an experience that ends with death. It is a fundamental understanding of life that it does not go on forever. Because of this, life and all its eccentricities and its trivialities will cease to be of concern to …

Sartre and Existentialism

Jean-Paul Sartre is one of the most, if not the most, familiar names in modern existentialism. Known mostly for his introductory work Existentialism is a Humanism and his principal work On Being and Nothingness; Jean-Paul Sartre's benefaction to the forum of existential philosophy cannot be understated. Much of what we understand to be existential thought, though commonly attributed …