The Hitch in Fine Form
Posted on June 27, 2008 - Filed Under Philosophy, Religion | 1 Comment
Christopher Hitchens speaking in Toronto in November 2006 on the motion “Be It Resolved: Freedom of Speech Includes the Freedom to Hate.”
Obligations to Future Generations
Posted on June 13, 2008 - Filed Under College, Environment/Conservation, Philosophy | 2 Comments
What follows is a rather mangled essay that I lashed together in a hurry during the last semester. It seems vaguely related to other recent posts. All footnotes have been removed, so apologies in advance is this leads to any confusion. Please keep all “tl;dr” style comments to yourself.
“Those who have quitted the world and [...]
Censorship, Islam & “Fitna”
Posted on March 29, 2008 - Filed Under Europe, Freedom, Internets, Media, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion | 9 Comments
“Fitna” is the name of a rather nasty, polemical film by right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders that equates all Islam with violence and, portrays all Muslims as extremists. Or at least that’s what I gather based on the testimonies of those who have seen it. I can’t watch it myself because LiveLeak, the main channel [...]
3 Years of Philosophy Weren’t Totally Wasted…
Posted on March 28, 2008 - Filed Under Funny, Philosophy | Leave a Comment
At least I get the jokes in this sketch.
I Kan’t Study
Posted on February 27, 2008 - Filed Under College, Philosophy | 1 Comment
Before I was too tired and couldn’t stay awake; now I’m taken on too much caffeine and I kan’t concentrate on his Critique of Pure Reason. Yes, this post is all about the pun. I crack myself up…
The Communist Manifesto
Posted on January 31, 2008 - Filed Under College, Philosophy, Politics | 5 Comments
I’ve finally got around to reading the damn thing, that vile source of so many of the 20th century’s woes. Frankly, I find it totally redundant in today’s world. If Marx ever did have a point, then over a century of incremental societal reforms have taken it well and truly away from him. Now his [...]
Neoconservatism Explained
Posted on January 14, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics, College, Philosophy, Politics | 11 Comments
The initial impetus for writing this essay stemmed from reading a book review published in the Weekend Review section of the Irish Times on the Saturday of September 29th 2007. The book under review in the article was The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Guardian columnist Naomi Klein, and the book reviewer [...]
Definiton of Retribution
Posted on December 11, 2007 - Filed Under Philosophy | Leave a Comment
I have no idea why, but for some reason I really like the way this reads:
retribution |ˌretrəˈbyoō sh ən|
noun
Punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved.
Taken from the Oxford American Dictionary on my MacBook. (This post does not carry a ‘deeper meaning’. Just saying, lest anyone draw that erroneous conclusion.)
Philosopher Lawyer
Posted on December 10, 2007 - Filed Under Philosophy | 10 Comments
This idea occurred to me while watching Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law, so it probably isn’t very good. Still though, wouldn’t someone with a degree in philosophy make a very decent lawyer? Law is all about arguing, and what better teaches one about how to argue than years of studying arguments and writing essays on [...]
Who Dares Wins (or, More Likely, Scrapes a 2.2)
Posted on December 3, 2007 - Filed Under College, Philosophy | 1 Comment
I didn’t really study up on the essay I’m writing right now (it’s due for tomorrow), so I’m falling back on what I know, meaning I’m writing about giant pandas and Stephen Colbert in an essay about whether life in a deterministic world is worth living. Who says that Arts isn’t a real degree?
My Essay on Selling Organs
Posted on November 12, 2007 - Filed Under College, Philosophy | 6 Comments
Here it is, shorn of its footnotes and bibliography, with the paragraph indentation messed up (meaning that you can’t easily tell whether or not I am continuing a paragraph or starting a new one after I quote someone). I’m only going to leave it up for a few days because I don’t want people ripping [...]
Selling Body Parts
Posted on November 6, 2007 - Filed Under Health, Philosophy, Politics | 1 Comment
I have an essay to write on this matter, so I’m interested to hear other views. Do you think it should be legal to sell body parts such as kidneys to people who are willing to pay for them? On the one hand, people do it anyway on the black market, so legalisation would clean [...]
Dr. Boland?
Posted on October 3, 2007 - Filed Under College, Life-In-General, Philosophy | 8 Comments
As some friends of mine can recall, in sixth year I briefly harboured the ambition the of becoming a doctor. Reality eventually intruded on this pipe dream and I realised that, while I could probably obtain the necessary CAO points, I would in all likelihood hate being a doctor since my interpersonal skills are not [...]
This Really Isn’t Necessary, but…
Posted on June 1, 2007 - Filed Under Philosophy, Politics | 7 Comments
In response to charges that I’m weak-minded and a poor logician, here’s a philosophy essay I wrote about Plato’s Republic.
Essay Title: Plato thinks that philosophers should be political rulers
Update: There was an essay about Plato’s Republic here, but I took it down lest any lazy philosophy student pillage my good work.
UCC’s Awesome Philosophy Department
Posted on May 7, 2007 - Filed Under College, Philosophy | 2 Comments
Cheers to the department for not posting any of the 2006 summer exams on the UCC library website. Sincere kudos, etc…
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