emily rankininThe Good Life: Spring 2024All About Love“Echoing the work of Erich Fromm, he defines love as “the will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s…Apr 41Apr 41
emily rankininThe Good Life: Spring 2024The Ethics of AuthenticityI really enjoyed reading Charles Taylor’s The Ethics of Authenticity. I thought it was very insightful and provided several ways to live a…Mar 24Mar 24
emily rankininThe Good Life: Spring 2024Self-Reliance“To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men — that is genius.” — Ralph…Mar 93Mar 93
emily rankininThe Good Life: Spring 2024Life in the AnthropoceneSamuel Scheffler created the ‘afterlife conjecture’, which is that humanity’s survival after one’s death shapes how one values things. I…Mar 2Mar 2
emily rankininThe Good Life: Spring 2024I Love Learning, I Hate SchoolI think that nowadays, so many people may enjoy learning but hate school. In my opinion, how teachers require students to memorize…Feb 221Feb 221
emily rankininThe Good Life: Spring 2024MacDonald and SymmondsRight now, we are in an era with a lot of protesting and rioting, mostly in response to the government and disagreement on citizens’…Feb 151Feb 151
emily rankininThe Good Life: Spring 2024Alasdair MacIntyre“We do not know what will happen next.” — Alasdair MacIntyreFeb 8Feb 8
emily rankininThe Good Life: Spring 2024Surround yourself with people who Reveal your Treasures“Regard the person who sees your faults as a revealer of treasures. Associate with that skilled person as one who is wise, who speaks…Feb 11Feb 11
emily rankininThe Good Life: Spring 2024Habits and Character Traits and Living a Good LifeAristotle believes that everything in the universe has a function, and the function of humans is to act in a way that is guided by reason…Jan 25Jan 25
emily rankininThe Good Life: Spring 2024The ‘Modern’ World as a Point of ResonanceIn the words of Harmut Rosa, the “cultural achievement of modernity is that it has nearly perfected human beings’ ability to establish a…Jan 181Jan 181