Justifications Blog Posts

Day 189 - Recognizing the Silent Accomplice

How is it, that I have put so much effort, so much time, and so much resources of myself into aiding it, never realizing how it works, and what I, and it, was doing to myself?  How is it possible that I could not recognize something so corr...
by Transmutation on Apr 15, 2013

Are soldiers heroic?: A very short essay on heroism in war

Chris Hayes, a CNBC news anchorman, has recently been criticised for saying that he is “uncomfortable” with using the word “hero” to describe soldiers who fight in war, because – although individual acts in war can be he...
by James Armstrong on May 28, 2012

Liberals, Libertarians and the demand for justification

Moral and political philosophy is concerned with offering justifications to those who are affected by our actions, whether these are the actions of individuals or groups. Indeed, the most basic question of all political philosophy is bound up with th...
by James Armstrong on Apr 10, 2012
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