ninatvrainThe Good Life: Spring 2024The Burnout Society.“The capitalist economy absolutizes survival. It is not concerned with the good life.”Apr 253Apr 253
ninatvrainThe Good Life: Spring 2024Right LivelihoodGod says, ‘Choose what you will and pay for it.’Apr 18Apr 18
ninatvrainThe Good Life: Spring 2024Week13“Birding has tripled the time I spent outdoors… I has proved more meditative than meditation.” — Ed YongApr 101Apr 101
ninatvrainThe Good Life: Spring 2024“Inter-be.”When we say a cup is empty, the cup must be there in order to beempty. When we say that we are empty, it means that we must bethere in…Mar 20Mar 20
ninatvrainThe Good Life: Spring 2024The Tragic Triad.“And how does a human being go about finding meaning?”Mar 2Mar 2
ninatvrainThe Good Life: Spring 2024Burdened Virtues.…could rioting represent a form of moral agency and action that is, if not directly constitutive of flourishing, at least linked to the…Feb 16Feb 16
ninatvrainThe Good Life: Spring 2024Alasdair MacIntyre: Traditional VirtuesAlasdair MacIntyre’s primary argument centers around the assertion that modern society’s moral ethics lack a coherent framework due to its…Feb 7Feb 7
ninatvrainThe Good Life: Spring 2024Xunzi: Human Nature Is Bad.In my perspective, I align more with Xunzi’s view of human nature as evil than Mencius’ view of human nature as good. While reading Human…Feb 11Feb 11
ninatvrainThe Good Life: Spring 2024Stoic Philosophy: Enchiridion of Epictetus.It is clear that Epictetus’ Enchiridion, knows as “the handbook,” contains stoic ethnic advice for a happy/flourishing life. Epictetus…Jan 25Jan 25
ninatvrainThe Good Life: Spring 2024Harmut Rosa states that Resonance is not just a metaphor but a mode of relation.Being affectedJan 17Jan 17