The Problems of Love from Sartre and Beauvoir to Irigaray
Category Archives: Relationships
First-Order and Second-Order Actions
Or maybe this post should be called “First-Order and second-order Thoughts”? I’m not sure where I’m going with this but this could relate with existentialism, stoicism, action theory, free will vs. determinism, the self and identity, epistemology, and countless others. … Continue reading
Newsweek (6/21/2010), and How to Help the Green Movement in Iran
Newsweek has some really good articles this week pertaining to the oil spill, charter schools, marriage and immigration laws. I’ll bring them up and give my opinion on them as well: Fareed Zakaria talks about how the media is too … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Experts, Fareed Zakaria, Government, Love, Politics, Relationships
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Divorce Rates Higher in States with Gay Marriage Bans
It’s old news, but still worth looking at. There’s some interesting stats over at fivethirtyeight.com where you can see it here.
Posted in Culture, Relationships, Same-Sex
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What I’ve Learned this Past Year — 2009 Edition
Instead of doing New Years Resolutions, I’ve decided to look in the past and see how I’ve learned. To me, if one hasn’t learned things within the past year, then it’s as if one hasn’t gained wisdom. And if that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Culture, Economics, Education, Ethics, Existentialism, Experts, Friendship, Government, Logic, Love, Politics, Pragmatism, Relationships, Religion, Respect, Same-Sex, Teaching, Values, War
Tagged Capitalism, Economics, Ethics, Government, Health, Libertarianism, Politics, Religion, Rights, Teaching
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Unmarried to Each Other
There’s some interesting movements, books, and articles about how being unmarried to each other is the new social action. I applaud this movement, mainly because it’s an expression of freedom. Moreover, marriage is an evolving idea that has shifted the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Love, Monogamy, Relationships, Sexuality
Tagged Culture, History, Love, Marriage, Monogamy, Relationships, Sexuality
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Zakaria on America’s Problem + 25 Things You Should Know
In this weeks Newsweek, Fareed Zakaria makes a great argument that America’s biggest flaw is that we can’t fix something, unless it’s a crisis. For example, when the economy started to burst, we immediately sprang into action and tried to … Continue reading
Posted in Global Warming, Health, News, Politics, Relationships, Religion
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Sexist Jokes Provokes Tolerance of Violence Towards Women
In an interesting study, the results showed that telling sexist jokes creates an atmosphere where violence towards women is tolerable or perhaps acceptable. In a way, it doesn’t surprise me. I’ve talked about language and equality in a previous blog … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Language, Relationships, Respect, Sexuality
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A Contradiction in Sartre’s View of Love
Sartre has said that since we are free, there is no human nature. Human nature means that you’re confined to a certain essence. But if that’s the case, then we wouldn’t be free. Basically, Sartre is pulling a Modes Tollens … Continue reading
On Keeping and Dissolving Friends
This past week, I had the good fortune of seeing too good friends of mine. I won’t give their names, but I’ll say where they’re from: Seattle and LA. I first visited Seattle in a coffee shop. She was friendly … Continue reading
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Book Review: Is Sex Necessary? by James Thurber and E.B. White
Yes, it’s the same author who did Charlotte’s Web. However, I was expecting something completely different from this book. It turns out that this book is a parody. Imagine 1929. In the field of sexuality, Freud was the man. Ellis … Continue reading
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