Tag: philosophy
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Life in little pieces
Braids or mosaics or fragments, but never a whole Questions Why is writing fragmentary prose so much easier than cohesive prose? Why am I resisting the urge to say it’s a necessary form to use when writing about climate catastrophe? Are our brains fragmentary or just brains? Thinking There’s a reasonably accepted wisdom that fragmentary…
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The Three Cs: Choice, Children, Care
In which I go in circles pretending fictional characters have real moral obligations Questions Why did my undergrad philosophy degree not include Care Ethics? Why does being cared for feel so great in some situations, and so diminishing in others? How does choice, based on our own wants needs values, rub up against our ethical…
Alison Theresa 