Today I saw an article entitled “Souring insurance prices illustrate the cost of climate change”. Out of principle I did not chose the read the article. Which is not normally something that I would do. Even articles that I don’t always agree with I will try to read so I at least have an idea … Continue reading The Cost
Words of the World… Unspoken
Tell me friend. How does one speak to the world?Does one yell from a mountain top and hope for a reply?Or does one speak to the trees, commune with them, and listen for an answer?I deeply wish to know. I wish to know their stores.I long to hear their tales.All they have seen, all they … Continue reading Words of the World… Unspoken
On the Rise of Religious Extremism
The title of this post may lead the reader to think that I am speaking on the events of Afghanistan, or Muslim extremism in general. In this assumption the reader would be wrong. As it stands, along with this short post, I am working on a discussion on a disturbing trend within the United States. … Continue reading On the Rise of Religious Extremism
Silence
Longing for a moment of Silence
Notes On: “The Tyranny of Merit” – Chapter One
“As the meritocracy intensifies, the striving so absorbs us that our indebtedness recedes from view. In this way, even a fair meritocracy, one without cheating or bribery or special privileges for the wealthy, induces a mistaken impression—that we have made it on our own” Thus is the delusion of the rugged individual. No one in … Continue reading Notes On: “The Tyranny of Merit” – Chapter One
Notes On: “Global Ethics: Seminal Essays” – Two
Here I conclude my looking at Charles R. Beitz’s “Cosmopolitan Ideas and National Sentiment” from Global Ethics: Seminal Essays. “Priority for compatriots might be supported by reasons pertaining to states that are themselves analogues of the reasons pertaining to persons which support the corresponding element of private morality. Or, priority for compatriots might be based … Continue reading Notes On: “Global Ethics: Seminal Essays” – Two
The Incompatibility of Nationalism & Economic Cosmopolitanism
I wish, today, to speak very briefly on the incompatibility of nationalism and globalism, or as I shall refer to it, economic cosmopolitanism (EC). My basic argument here is that the relationship between nationalism and EC creates an deep incompatibility between themselves, the public good, and general human well being. In previous posts I have … Continue reading The Incompatibility of Nationalism & Economic Cosmopolitanism
Notes On: “Global Ethics: Seminal Essays” – One
In a previous post I looked at the definition of cosmopolitanism, and so I now which gears in my “Notes On...” posts and look at a few topics on cosmopolitanism. As I have worked slowly through “The Origins of Totalitarianism” my thoughts began to shift toward what a world without nation-states would be like. Cosmopolitanism … Continue reading Notes On: “Global Ethics: Seminal Essays” – One
Nationalism vs. Cosmopolitanism – Defined
This is the first in what I hope will be a multipart treatise entitled: Immigration, Migration, and Cosmopolitanism in the United States. Introduction:For a Nation that was founded by immigrates, built of the dreams of immigrates, and populated by immigrates from all over the world, the United States has a long history of victimizing immigrates. … Continue reading Nationalism vs. Cosmopolitanism – Defined
A New Day: Fourteen
“Unnervingly warm still air welcomed me...”
