Tag Archives: philosophy

On The Pleasant And The Good

Posted on March 20, 2023 by nathanalbright

Simply because we live in an age where many people seem to religiously avoid anything unpleasant as if to be unpleasant is to be evil, it is all too easy for people to fall into the opposite ditch and view … Continue reading →

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Daylight Savings Time As A Characteristic Problem Of Our Age

Posted on March 13, 2023 by nathanalbright

There have been moves afoot recently on the state and national level to make Daylight Savings Time last all year round. This possibility, which would make areas effectively be a time zone ahead of where they would otherwise be, has … Continue reading →

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Exploring The Three Joys

Posted on March 6, 2023 by nathanalbright

Yesterday I was chatting with some friends of mine at church, and the subject came around to the joy that my mother and I share at planning trips. I found, much to my amusement, that the other people I was … Continue reading →

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Taking Pascal’s Wager

Posted on March 2, 2023 by nathanalbright

Many Western thinkers have been awfully hard on Blaise Pascal’s wager, which makes a modest claim that it pays to bet on the accuracy and legitimacy of biblical faith. Let us put ourselves in Blaise Pascal’s position, though. He was … Continue reading →

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Signs Of Authenticity

Posted on February 28, 2023 by nathanalbright

What are the signs of authenticity? We live in a world where there is a great desire on the part of people for art that connects with them personally that comes from a genuine place on the part of the … Continue reading →

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Second Thoughts On The Categorical Imperative

Posted on February 24, 2023 by nathanalbright

For those who are not familiar with the concept, the categorical imperative was a principle that was stoutly and verbosely defended by the 18th century German philosopher Immanuel Kant which posited that for an action to be moral, it would … Continue reading →

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The Bottom Line

Posted on February 23, 2023 by nathanalbright

One of my friends is taking a course at a local community college, and in that course she had to interview someone about their thoughts on various activities as far as they related to the working world. This person, who … Continue reading →

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Coexist

Posted on February 15, 2023 by nathanalbright

On the back bumpers of cars driven by people whose behaviors and beliefs would likely fail to meet the proper standards of any decent ethical system, one can often find stickers with various symbols of religious movements that spell out … Continue reading →

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The Dividing Line Between Fact And Fiction

Posted on February 3, 2023 by nathanalbright

For those of us who are believers in an objective reality, however problematic our understanding and interpretation of it may be, it may seem to be an obvious thing to divide fact and fiction. For many people, literature and art … Continue reading →

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Because I Only Want To See if You Feel The Same Way As Me

Posted on December 6, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of the more interesting aspects of life is that we tend to become like what we love, and also tend to become what we hate. We might think that what we love and what we hate are diametrically opposite … Continue reading →

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