Fred Guerin
Why Philosophize?
“If we ought to philosophize we ought to philosophize, and if we ought not to philosophize we ought to philosophize; in either case,...
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Fred Guerin
Jun 3, 20204 min
What is the Experience of Music?
Music is the only religion that delivers the goods [Frank Zappa] Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life....
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Fred Guerin
Jun 3, 20203 min
On Possible Paths to the Future
What’s needed now is neither fatalism nor utopianism, but a suite of practical pathways for families and communities that lead to a real...
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Fred Guerin
Jun 3, 20205 min
What is Wisdom?
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; second by imitation, which is easiest; and third by...
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Fred Guerin
Jun 3, 20203 min
What is a ‘Person’?
To be a person, a being must be self-conscious, aware of its identity and its continued existence over time [Derek Parfit] Persons are...
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Fred Guerin
Jun 3, 20203 min
Should There be a Universal Basic Income?
“In a world of true abundance, you shouldn't have to work to justify your life.” Sam Harris Universal basic income (UBI)—the proposition...
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Fred Guerin
Jun 3, 20203 min
On the Ethical Implications of a Quantum Universe
Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control…we all dance to a mysterious tune,...
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Fred Guerin
May 31, 20203 min
What is ‘Critical’ About Critical Thinking?
“Dare to think for yourself”. (Immanuel Kant) “What you think is less important than how you think”. (Christopher Hitchens) “Critical...
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Fred Guerin
May 31, 20203 min
The Dehumanizing Cult of Behaviourism
If you really want to talk 'cult' then you need go no further than the pseudo-science of behaviourism. The latter theory has had a...
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Fred Guerin
May 31, 20202 min
How Free Should Freedom of Speech Be?
Philosopher's Café “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” [George Orwell]...
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Fred Guerin
May 31, 20204 min
COVID-19, Neoliberalism and the Politics of Depravity
There are two realities that the present pandemic has made abundantly clear: 1. The environmental destructiveness of our current...
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Fred Guerin
May 26, 20202 min
Is Privacy Important?
Philosopher’s Café “Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than...
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Fred Guerin
May 25, 20203 min
Does God Matter?
“I am afraid we are not rid of God because we still have faith in grammar”. [Friedrich Nietzsche Twilight of the Idols] “We are each free...
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Fred Guerin
May 25, 20205 min
Retribution or Restoration?
In a retributive punishment oriented legal system it is claimed that when justice is done, and seen to be done, it provides a catharsis...
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Fred Guerin
May 25, 20203 min
The Legacy of The Trump Presidency in so Many Tweets
“It can be asserted that the community, too, evolves a super-ego under whose influence cultural development proceeds... The super-ego of...
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Fred Guerin
May 25, 20203 min
On the Manufactured Face of Facebook
The French-Jewish philosopher Emanuel Levinas said that when human beings are in ‘the living presence of one another’, when they are...
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Fred Guerin
May 25, 20205 min
Fatalism: The Default Doctrine in an Age of Climate Catastrophe
Our present neoliberal capitalist world leaders counsel us to passively submit to what they say over and over is ‘the best of all...
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Fred Guerin
May 24, 20203 min
On the Paradox of Consumption In an Age of Climate Warming
The Wealth of those societies in which the capitalist mode of production prevails, presents itself as an immense accumulation of...
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Fred Guerin
May 24, 20203 min
On Animal Welfare and Animal Rights
"Other animals, which, on account of their interests having been neglected by the insensibility of the ancient jurists, stand degraded...
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Fred Guerin
May 24, 20201 min
On Neoliberal Capitalism and Food Security
Cindy Holleman, an economist working with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, is certainly right when she identifies the three main...
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