In my philosophy class the professor got started today on moral relativism, and essentially said that his job in the next week is to tear that philosophy down, since neither he nor the author he’s going to have us read like it.

I am absolutely giddy because of this, because I also really hate moral relativism, because it is, in essence, a cop-out. I ( Read more... )

Right now we're reading Paradise Lost in my English class, and I am again reminded of how many problems I have with the Adam and Eve story ( Read more... )

Today I was thinking about comedy and why I think it's so important. One thing I tend to count as a good point for people is if they have the ability to make fun of themselves, and I got to thinking why that is ( Read more... )

I just took eudaimonia, grabbed it by the horns and threw it off a building, and then for good measure set it on fire ( Read more... )

In an attempt to change things up I bought one of those Thai-noodle kits yesterday and made it today. I usually don't like Thai food that much since I have a long standing rivalry with peppers and they tend to be used liberally in that type of cuisine, but this was one of those peanut things. I also bought some bean sprouts to put it in since I ( Read more... )

Well, turns out that I'm a month ahead in my philosophy class. And not in a good way.

We're reading about Socrates at the moment in both The Clouds by Aristophanes and Plato's work about Socrates, and one of those readings is Phaedo, an account by Plato of Socrates' last day. I knew that I was scheduled to do a presentation today on the reading ( Read more... )

Just a little gem from Monty Python I want to save for future reference (and philosophy department gatherings):

Immanuel Kant was a real piss-ant who was very rarely stable ( Read more... )

I got an email this morning telling me that a space had opened up in a Spanish class I wanted, so I had to do some shuffling to fit it in. Now I think my schedule looks pretty cool ( Read more... )

Today seems to be a day of aches. This morning I had a gunky feeling on the left side of my chest that had me coughing for a while, then I got a stomach ache at the Ally Luncheon, and now I have a headache. Ugh ( Read more... )

As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been trying to figure out a way to tear down the fear mongering tactics being used by the anti-gay marriage crowd, so putting my sociologist and philosopher hats on for a second (yes, I can wear both at the same time, I'm just that badass), let’s take a look at this.

The whole “Defense of Marriage” argument operates ( Read more... )