Why We Love the Murderer
Justin St. Germain’s moody essay, “Murder Tourism in Middle America,” follows the thoughts of a brooding, pessimistic young professor on a quest to satisfy his obsession with Truman Capote’s nonfiction … Continue reading
Sex, Love, Morality: Everything you need to know about Bertrand Russell’s ‘Marriage and Morals’
“Cruelty is in theory a perfectly adequate ground for divorce, but it may be interpreted so as to become absurd. When the most eminent of all film stars was divorced … Continue reading
My Doubt is My Innocence
Moral Laziness and Milan Kundera’s Farewell Waltz Eyes transfixed, your fingernails dance a repetitive beat on the tabletop. Reclining, but not relaxed, your mind goes through a repetitive pattern of decision … Continue reading
Beyond rationalism: the moral dimension of state motivation
Rationalism, or the idea that agents guide their behaviors based on an understanding of fundamentally material self-interest, dominates most theoretical and applied treatments of topics in political economy. In other … Continue reading
Think Out Loud 