Justice Without Spectacle: Is This Who We Want to Be?
Can America deliver severe punishment while preserving restraint, dignity, and humanity? A reflection on the death penalty and the prospect of turning executions into public spectacle.
PHILOSOPHICAL INSIGHT FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEINGWellbeing through
Wellbeing through
understanding.
Articles that help us work toward psychological wellbeing through the understanding an insightful philosophical perspective can offer.
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05 REFLECTIONSA clearer perspective on our inner lives.
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Why I Don’t Believe AI Is an Existential Threat to Humanity
Why I see AI as an amplifier of human intelligence, and why I believe the real risk lies in what people do with that power.
Good and Evil as the Moral Foundation Beneath Human Ideas
Part 2 of 2: A Christian perspective on the moral foundation beneath human ideas—and why a firm standard of good and evil still calls for humility in our judgments.
The Deeper Pattern Behind Human Conflict
Part 1 of 2: Looking beneath human conflict at the ideas, goals, and beliefs that shape it—and asking whether there is a moral foundation beneath them all.
A warning about marijuana, dreams, and discernment
Marijuana affects the mind — sleep, dreaming, perception, and recollection. The damage does not stay with the user. A warning, and a call to abstain.
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OUR PERSPECTIVEUnderstanding that
Understanding that
helps us live well.
How do our beliefs shape what we feel? What makes an experience trustworthy? This journal brings philosophical insight to questions like these, helping us understand our inner lives and consider ways to care for our psychological wellbeing.
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