Notes on food-related activism
In much of the local food writing I’ve read, people emphasize the pleasures of eating while shying away from talking about the suffering of food […]
compassion
Rationalism does not make our attitude toward life degrading
Science isn’t limited to studying chemical reactions. Again, I refer you to the social and behavioral sciences, which are still sciences, even though they are […]
Notes on theology 9-20-14, taken from an email correspondence
I will try to answer regarding one of the Brothers Karamazov characters claiming, “if the soul of man is not immortal, anything is permissible, even […]
Correspondence regarding theism and atheism
Here is one of several emails in a correspondence with someone by the name of Joshua Richards whom I met at the Whetstone branch of […]
Charter for Compassion
The following organization was started by Karen Armstrong, who writes about religion in a way that is rigorous in terms of the humanities and the […]
Spiritual Love Notes
I obviously don’t have a detailed plan for a movement that creates common good, egalitarianism and ecological responsibility. But I do know I intend to […]
Draft of interview questions regarding the concept of universal love
Can we “know love on a universal level?” As far as I can tell, our social ties are proximal, though we can apply those feelings […]
'Kindness' as a term-of-choice instead of 'love'
We can study thru out the animal kingdom empathic and altruistic behavior, but it might be a bit of a stretch to say we can […]