philosophy Archive
The Indian union of Shiva and Shakti (also known as lingam and yoni), along with the Chinese Yin-Yang, show the power of love resides in joining opposites. Love overcomes antagonism and dualism, dissolving difference in a complimentary and binding …
The neurochemical reshaping of personality has had many unanticipated consequences. I acknowledge that the debate is not ended by the Chapter in my A Rumor of Empathy on “Plato Not Prozac,” the name of which is hereby acknowledged to be from …
If the survivor can feel safe enough to express what happened into an empathic receptivity in the context of a trusting environment that does not retraumatize by skepticism and cross-examination, then the abuse, the boundary violations, and the perpetrations, begin …
On Sunday my wife and I got in our car and it being a nice sunny day, we decided to try to an outlet mall we pass by once or twice a year but have never stopped in at for …
I like to “joke” that I’m always right. It usually gets some appreciative laughs and eye rolls, and I do it to make a point. It’s a point about how ridiculous it really is that I say there’s no alternative …
It is sometimes said that animals do not talk because they lack the mental capacity. And this means: “they do not think, and that is why they do not talk.” But—they simply do not talk. Wittgenstein (and if they can, they …
When asked what I want to be, A social worker is what I dream. To help the world with Word, Sometimes having to separate from the Herd. Social Justice is not a crime, But simply a state of mind.
There are risks associated with social work that many don’t speak of. One of the greatest dangers associated with the profession is feeling that knowledge of many other subjects is irrelevant(sloth). It happens to many professions, and I’m not implying …
We are entering into a new age, one that will give rise to advancement in technologies that have only graced the pages of science fiction. Yet, with advancement comes the terrible price paid in war. This is evidenced by the …
By Matthew Cohen SJS Staff Writer Forward and back, that is the nature of our lives. It does not have to be. I used to think there would be a stage where I would be, or I would find people …