A common plight of those with a theoretical bent is that they often take too long to think what most people feel in a moment. My intent here, unfortunately, is to do just this. Recent political and social strife, especially within the United States, has brought to the fore just how difficult it has becomeContinue reading “Clipped”
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Character, Virtues, and Actions
The language of ‘Virtue,’ by historical standards, has lost its currency. Why this is the case is a complicated matter, though perhaps the simplest reason is that we have lost a sense of ‘formal’ causation in the modern era. That history has, however, already been unpacked – far better than I ever could – byContinue reading “Character, Virtues, and Actions”
Specific Acts, Constitutive Identities, and the Religious
When I first reembraced my Faith, I had about a two or three week period when I went to the church nearest my apartment to pray for about thirty minutes each morning in the daily services. I did this because I did not know how to pray (I still do not, really, but now IContinue reading “Specific Acts, Constitutive Identities, and the Religious”
Hoping for Clarity 