Archive for September, 2005

A Retrospective

September 24, 2005

by Jason Stotts Today after taking another practice LSAT I decided to go home for a visit – both because I had not been home in over a month and also because my brother is leaving tomorrow to move to Augusta Georgia. It’s a rather weird experience to have your little brother move 650 miles [...]

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The Morality of the “Bigger, Better, Deal”

September 22, 2005

by Jason Stotts This piece was written this summer and was revived due to a discussion we had at this week’s Objectivist Club meeting. I’m not sure any longer that I agree with the stance advocated in this piece, so think of this as an interesting starting point for discussion, but not as my actual [...]

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September 11, 2005

Sometimes we wish the object of our love to be happy away from us. ~Aristotle (1245b26) Automatically Generated Related Posts:No Related Posts

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“Philanthropists” are not Philanthropists

September 7, 2005

by Jason Stotts So when someone says that they are a “philanthropist”, what does that mean to you? Does it mean someone who is selfless and cares for others, someone who does community work, someone who helps needy people, or does it mean someone who loves Man? If you said the last one then you’re [...]

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Why Would We Even Want Relationships?

September 5, 2005

by Jason Stotts It seems that even though I have been struggling out of darkness and into the light of day, there are still moments which are covered in shadows – although thankfully these are becoming more rare. One of the pleasant things about coming back out into the light is that a lot of [...]

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William James on Habit

September 3, 2005

by Jason Stotts The following if from William James’ The Principles of Psychology (1890), Chapter 4 – “On Habit”; their appearance here is not me condoning Pragmatism, but I think that there is some very useful information here. Note that these passages are not contiguous in the piece and have been excerpted so the relevant [...]

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