Wonder Vs. Awe (Week 13)

I really appreciate Professor Helen de Cruz’s perspective of wonder and awe and their notable similarities and even more significant differences. They are both deep, impactful emotions that are prompted by experiences that you couldn’t have predicted before they took place.

What Does It Mean?

To me, one of the most interesting things about humans is how considerably different all of our lives are from one another. It is because of this that our approach to “living” and “what life should be about” should differ as well, and it does. For years, people have created theories about what…

The Burnout Society.

“The capitalist economy absolutizes survival. It is not concerned with the good life.”

I am neither an expert in business nor on the world’s economic status. Still, from the economics class I took in my senior year of high school, I learned that capitalism isn’t…

w“Why Work?”

Growing up, my dad always told me “Find something you love because you will have to do it for the rest of your life.” I feel like that relates to the reading from this week. In the text, the author writes “…work is not, primarily, a thing one does to live, but the thing one lives to do” (p. 192). The…

Upon my first couple readings, my main criticism of “Human Nature is Bad” was that Xunzi did not account for the innate capacity of man’s heart to do good. I believed the text implied that without proper education, one could simply not become virtuous. After all, Xunzi says in line one that

“People’s nature is bad. Their…

Week 5: Alasdair MacIntyre

In MacIntyre’s book, “After Virtue”, one particular quote caught my eye. He states, “We live out our lives, both…

Week 7 (I love learning, I hate school)

First, let me just say that the title of this piece single handedly is the most agreeable thing I’ve read in this class to date. Besides that, I can say I found myself just nodding in agreement with this entire reading. When we look at the world we live in…

Habits and Character Traits and Living a Good Life

Aristotle 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. Humans have a higher intelligence than other organisms, which allows them to make decisions, do things…

Week 4

This week I found my interest being more geared towards Xunzi’s work. Unlike last week, I can say that I agreed with a chuck of what this writer was saying. I do agree that it takes effort to be good. I also agree that teachers, role models, parental figures, and anybody over you have the ability to positively…