My name is how I manifest my personal identity in the external world. One is inextricable from each other. This connection is usually recognized.

As religions have developed socially, alongside modern political atmospheres and the push for gender equality, many questions have arisen regarding the nature of the Holy Bible, other religious scriptures, and religious practices and traditions.

“Success is not a triumph but a necessity… There's no mistaking it: You are only rewarded for the risks you are prepared to take. Once out of context, actions become indefinable. Any will power or ambition that is brought to bear is arbitrary. There are no external, urgent necessities to justify choices of profession, hobbies, or partners; no force or coercion to render life evident. Everything must come from within”

When men fail to see the obstacles women must work against, legislation that aims to improve equality for women makes men feel as though their rights and privileges are threatened.

What motivates the Joker? Can he see something that we cannot see? What if we have so deeply internalized the prevalent power structures, adopted them as our modes of thinking, that conformity is laid upon us not by coercion but by our own conviction?

How do we relate our pain? How can we tell our physicians and providers that we are suffering and to what degree we are suffering? Moreover, how can we describe it in a way that others can understand? This is a recurring problem in healthcare relationships and is perpetuated by deep rooted fears and stereotypes.

The exhibit provides viewers with the unique opportunity to see conflict through the eyes of the people that it has directly affected. For students, this is a way to go beyond the books. The exhibit humanizes Arab society, Islam, and Iran in a way that is often looked over in efforts to academically “understand” each other.

Are we just the sum of our malleable memories?

Post-Armenian genocide literature, as well as all literature of the Armenian diaspora has a unique ethical role in reestablishing history, even serving as a facilitator of transitional justice. Modern writing in the diaspora reflects the split and transitional identity of the Armenian people: diverse, often fragmented, and concerned with themes like survival and identity.

Though Rousseau might have delivered a bit of truth when he told us that humankind is “everywhere in chains,” we must take care not to be deceived about his orientation. He represents the height of the “Enlightened Man,” of philosophical naturalism. He is also, as a symptom of the latter, a deadbeat dad.

To gain a true appreciation for the African and African diaspora’s philosophical perspective, it is important to go beyond the modern, if not colonial, construction of African thought to see the richness of this perspective and the impact that it has had, and continues to have on human thought.

Perhaps the most compelling aspect of Strangers Drowning is the consideration of how outsiders view these “Do-Gooders.” MacFarquhar explores the uneasiness and subtle resentment that Do-Gooders often inspire by contrasting it with our response to heroes

Imagine that there is a device that is capable of instantaneously making a perfect biological copy of whatever object passes through it, and that a certain individual named Tom enters the machine, generating Thom, an epistemic clone that shares the mental and sensory faculties of the original, in addition to all experiential and propositional information.

Guilt ought to be a motivator; the discomfort should push me to do better. And yet, with a few exceptions here and there, I haven’t changed my behavior. So, what is to be done with this purposeless guilt?

In the modern day, “great” men, men whose behavior was once excused by their extraordinary success in artistic or political fields, are now liable to be held accountable for the way that they treat those around them, despite any other achievements.

If a semi-autonomous vehicle were to get into a crash, who is at fault? Is it the manufacturer, who installed technology knowing that many people would use it incorrectly? Is it the driver, who fell asleep at the wheel because they thought the car would take care of itself, or who turned the automated mode on in the wrong circumstances?

“Philosophy asks questions about the really important things – the things that get at the heart of the human experience, that get at what is valuable, what is beautiful, and what has meaning. It gives the desire we have to understand ourselves and our world a language.”

“How might an ethics and politics committed to the flourishing of significant otherness be learned from taking dog-human relationships seriously?”

First, a bold claim: it is a moral failure of our entire society that billionaires exist. Second, an even bolder claim: this shouldn’t be a controversial opinion.

it seems worth exploring what makes some billboards beautiful, what gives certain advertising value, and what in it, if anything, is worthy of praise. If it is true that advertising reflects what people want, it is also worth considering what our own desires are for.