Through the Darkness Lightly

Do you trust yourself to make your life decisions, or do you think other people are better at it than you? If you were second-handed, you would choose the latter. What is second-handedness? Second-handedness is the substitution of your judgment for another person’s. This may seem innocuous to some, but it is actually an extraordinarily Read More …

Do we live in a simulation? The assumption we do is an ever growing opinion, and its entertainment has been seen in such popular movies as The Matrix. However, there is no evidence that we do. Instead, people are primarily basing their assumption on philosophical skepticism, particularly from the work of Renee Descartes. Their assumption Read More …

“Matt, you are suffering from a disease of youth–you expect moral problems to have nice, neat, black-and-white answers.” -Robert A. Heinlein, Space Cadet This quote expects there to be no black and white answers to moral problems. Instead, it implies that what we should expect from moral problems is grey answers. This is a widely Read More …

Equality is often touted these days as the highest moral ideal. The more equality that is created, the better the world is. This can go so far as requiring everyone has the exact same possessions (if the egalitarian allows for possessions at all). However, what’s hidden here is actually evil. What egalitarianism ultimately upholds is Read More …

People often take the political middle as being conciliatory and as a fair take between extremes. It’s seen as a place of reason between reactionary extremes. However, the political middle has no driving end goal. It must borrow its ideas and content from the extremes. This creates a hodgepodge of ideas with no clear direction. Read More …

How important is power in one’s life? Surely you need power to do the basic things in order to live, but is that enough power? According to a power-luster, the answer is “no.” A power-luster is a person who seeks power for its own sake. More power in itself seems like a solid strategy for Read More …

Some people see comfort as a weakness and those who indulge in it as weak. They see comfort as non-active and ineffectual. As well, some others see comfort as a selfish indulgence and, therefore, evil. However, comfort is a feeling that everything is OK, that you’re at ease in the world and there are no Read More …

Kindness is defined as the “quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.” Many people would put egoism at odds with kindness. They expect egoists to be hostile loners who would take advantage of a person at the drop of a hat. However, it isn’t actually beneficial to anyone to be unkind as a rule. Unkindness Read More …

It is often said that “money is the root of all evil.” Whether you believe that statement or not, it begs the question “what is the root of all good?” The good is that which is right and ought be. Since the good is what ought be, that means it’s something that needs existence. Without Read More …

Objectivity, adherence to the external world, is at the base of our daily existence. Every time you trust your senses, care about someone in your life, or drive your car, you’re relying upon objectivity. Yet, there is a lot of doubt and consternation surrounding objectivity, and there are people who attempt to avoid objectivity. Objectivity Read More …