One of the things that I find so attractive about David Morris’ book The Evil Hours is his reintroduction of the moral dimension to PTS – posttraumatic stress. According to him, the historical call to introduce a diagnosis like PTSD …
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“That is why self-justification is more powerful and more dangerous than the explicit lie. It allows people to convince themselves that what they did was the best thing they could have done. In fact, come to think of it, it …
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I am filled with anger and don’t know what to do with it. I am tired of being told to drop below the anger to feel my pain. I have cried enough! I want justice! I want change! It is …
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Something pretty amazing happened to me today. Actually, three things to cover all the meanings of “amazing!” The first was watching my reaction to an email. A friend of mine shared that he was dancing to one of my favorite …
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As soon as I rediscover the Feminist Philosophers’ blog, a post on The Ethics of Public Shaming gets my thinking juices flowing. Having written my thesis on shame, I figured I might have something to add to the discussion. Little …
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It seems like the American Academy of Pediatrics has endorsed same-sex marriage. On closer look, though, it becomes clear that what they have really endorsed is matrimania – or, specifically, the idea that marriage magically creates the environment children thrive …
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