by Jason Stotts I swear, on my life and my love of it, that: I will live and die by my Principles I will be Rational at all times to the best of my ability I will never allow a breach between myself and reality I will at all times act in my own Rational [...]
by Jason Stotts Yesterday, Saturday June 25th, I went to my cousin’s wedding here in Atlanta GA and I must say, it gave me a lot to think about. First, the night before the wedding, we went to the rehearsal and then to the dinner afterwards for the family and the wedding party. It was [...]
by Jason Stotts Recently I was having a discussion about value with someone and they claimed that value is just part of what a thing is – “Things are not valuable because we value them, they are valuable for what they are”, i.e. the claim is that value is intrinsic. Now, being the philosopher I [...]
by Jason Stotts Due to the unusually high number of questions about volition (free will), I have decided to lay down some thoughts on it, both some standard thoughts and those of my own. 1. Determinism This is the doctrine that there is no volition and that all actions are caused (either by God or [...]
by Jason Stotts This summer has provided for me a chance for introspection that one rarely receives – I was able to more concretely identify one of my fundamental characteristics like I had never been able to do before. The characteristic I am talking about is Purpose. You see, this summer I wasn’t able to [...]
by Jason Stotts Okay, so this post is so titled because I’m pissed about this e-mail I received from someone named Justin, take a look: “Care to explain how a mere human can ever be certain of this?” [In reference to my saying:] “I would like to begin by stating that I am a firm [...]
by Jason Stotts Here is a reply sent to me by Miriam about my obesity post and my reply to her. ————————————————— Jason…I understand what you are saying…however, i find it kind of ironic that your BMI is at or almost at 25…which indicates obesity…you’re either immoral or close to being immoral! ————————————————— Miriam, I [...]
by Jason Stotts Now I just know that some of you look at the title to this piece and cringe – and to you I ask that you set your prejudices aside and listen to my arguments before you decide on the issue or stick to your preconceived notions that you never gave that much [...]
by Jason Stotts I recently received a question and since Blogspot didn’t send me a reply e-mail for it, I shall just post the question and reply here. From: Anonymous Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 4:09 PM To: stotts_w@denison.edu Subject: [A Rational Perspective] 6/12/2005 04:09:06 PM As president of an objectivist club I imagine you [...]
by Jason Stotts So I went to Paramount’s Kings Island in Cincinnati yesterday (Sat June 11th) and while standing in the infinitely long queues (their fancy word for “line”) I had a lot of time to think about some issues I had been kicking around in my head and I’ve decided to write some of [...]
