Philosophy
Today is my anniversary. Interestingly, it is also TheWife's anniversary. We did that on purpose in order to make it easier to remember.
The story of our meeting is long, but suffice it to say that despite living quite far from each other, over the course of several years our paths crossed an eerie number of times. We know that we were in the same room, parked in adjacent spots, and and walked past each other at a couple of different institutions. Yet, it was not until we were both in precisely the right places in our lives and personal development that we actually met at which point it was extremely quick to deep meaningful exclusive relationship-for-life-land. An incredible stroke of dumb luck says I, fate says she.
And so this is our question for today. Is there any meaningful sense of fate? Is there a metaphysical master plan? Is there a sense of karma in which the universe makes sure you reap what you sow? Are there biological or sociological factors that irreversibly lead to non-trivial end results in terms of life choices or actions?
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Having lunch today with some former students who were back for Homecoming Weekend. Good, smart, funny alums who always seem to need recommendations for amazing things they are going on to do. The student-teacher relationship is itself a complex one. How...
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Thinking about the nature of love today. It's TheWife's birthday and I'm puzzling over how someone so strong, smart, gorgeous, and caring could end up in love with some awkward uber-geek with no fashion sense and a philosopher's salary....
- Marriage For (and Against) Dummies
I'm working on the section of (what will hopefully be) my new book, Was It Morally Good For You, Too?: A Guide to Rational Ethics in Sex, Politics, and Other Dirty Words to be called "The Ins and Outs of Sexual Ethics." Comments and criticisms gratefully...
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Philosophy
Marriage and Metaphysics
Today is my anniversary. Interestingly, it is also TheWife's anniversary. We did that on purpose in order to make it easier to remember.
The story of our meeting is long, but suffice it to say that despite living quite far from each other, over the course of several years our paths crossed an eerie number of times. We know that we were in the same room, parked in adjacent spots, and and walked past each other at a couple of different institutions. Yet, it was not until we were both in precisely the right places in our lives and personal development that we actually met at which point it was extremely quick to deep meaningful exclusive relationship-for-life-land. An incredible stroke of dumb luck says I, fate says she.
And so this is our question for today. Is there any meaningful sense of fate? Is there a metaphysical master plan? Is there a sense of karma in which the universe makes sure you reap what you sow? Are there biological or sociological factors that irreversibly lead to non-trivial end results in terms of life choices or actions?
- Ritual And Meaning
Yesterday was opening convocation here at Gettysburg. A ceremony that is designed to mark the opening of the academic year and to bring the incoming class of first year students (we do NOT call them freshmen, by "we" I mean administrators) into the college...
- The Teacher-former Student Relationship
Having lunch today with some former students who were back for Homecoming Weekend. Good, smart, funny alums who always seem to need recommendations for amazing things they are going on to do. The student-teacher relationship is itself a complex one. How...
- The Essence Of Love
Thinking about the nature of love today. It's TheWife's birthday and I'm puzzling over how someone so strong, smart, gorgeous, and caring could end up in love with some awkward uber-geek with no fashion sense and a philosopher's salary....
- Marriage For (and Against) Dummies
I'm working on the section of (what will hopefully be) my new book, Was It Morally Good For You, Too?: A Guide to Rational Ethics in Sex, Politics, and Other Dirty Words to be called "The Ins and Outs of Sexual Ethics." Comments and criticisms gratefully...
- How To Never Make Another Mistake (seriously)
Folks, I?ve been in full dissertation mode for the past few months, so I haven?t been able to post as often as I would like. I?m writing a dissertation that requires me to call on the training I received in law school and will, hopefully, allow me to...