Torture, Enhanced Interrogation, etc.

Okay, at the risk of being considered potentially hypocritical and undoubtedly controversial – no matter how I go with it – I’m going to wade in.  After all, that’s never stopped me in the past from running my jib.This post is the result...

Movie Review – Captain America

Despite being a fan of comic books as a kid, I wasn’t really too jazzed up to go see this.  The reason?  I always thought Captain America (the comic books from my youth) kinda stunk.  Iron Man (the comic book) didn’t do it for me, either,...

Who Needs Philosophy? Part 4

Alright.  So upon further review, Part 3 of this series sounds like I’m advocating nothing more than mental masturbation as the basis for a philosophy.  Not so.  Doing this “serialized” makes it a little more difficult to piece...

Who Needs Philosophy? Part 3

So, in Parts I and II, I tried (and hope I succeeded) in at least justifying the need for a “philosophy” – an integrated view of one’s own morals and ethics (i.e. which moral choices one will make when faced with competing moral...