For reading between the lines with greater comprehension
Is virtual vice a virtue or a vice? Wordplay aside, my question is whether it’s good or bad to experience sin vicariously, for example, playing violent video games or watching violent movies. We can think of scenarios in which it’s bad: Underage children learning belligerence from video games that they take it out on people […]
Philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel got many things wrong, but one of his central themes rings true: Learning moves in cycles of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. Hegel’s theory, outlined (and illustrated) below, suggests not only why people often disagree about how to end a debate but also details the five basic end points they advocate. […]
Talking to the occasional troubled friend lately, I’ve had the urge to recommend getting philosophical about the trouble. But I’ve held my tongue, largely because getting philosophical has a bad reputation. It evokes images of indifferent or glib people saying, “Hey, shit happens, what’re ya gonna do? Life ain’t a bowl of cherries.” Or maybe […]
Months ago in this column I made a distinction between ingesting and digesting critical feedback. Ingesting is taking it in. Digesting is deciding what part is nutritious and what part is waste by-product. I argued that these two activities are best separated because ingesting feedback often hurts and makes us want to reject it ALL […]
Most of the time we have answers enough—no questions on our minds. When a question crowds in, it’s usually some variation on or aspect of this one—the mother of all questions: WHAT CAN I DO WITH WHAT I’M DEALT TO GET TO THE GOOD? At first it reads as generic and bland. But notice all […]
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