Category Archives: Respect

Language, Offensiveness, and Equality

Posted on November 11, 2008 by shaunmiller

I’ve finished a biography of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.  Wittgenstein really sparked the idea of how language expresses how we see the world.  So language-users see the world when they use a different language, or as Wittgenstein would say, a “form … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Language, Paper Topic, Race, Respect, Same-Sex, Values | 18 Comments

Respecting the Soldiers

Posted on September 30, 2008 by shaunmiller

I have noticed an interesting, yet inconsistent attitude toward the soldiers by comparing the attitudes of today with the attitudes during the Vietnam era. Now both the Vietnam War and the current War in Iraq are unpopular wars.  But let’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Government, Paper Topic, Politics, Respect, Soldiers | 3 Comments