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Group Ethics | TO LIVE WELL
September 2026
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Flourishing
Your flourishing is tied to the flourishing of others. Living well means treating others as agents with lives, needs, and struggles as real as your own.
Published 1 week ago.
Updated 2 weeks ago.
Personal Morality | TAKE CONTROL
August 2026
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Ethics
Start with flourishing for all. When more thought is needed, listen to Group Ethics, test the guidance as legal, moral, and fair, and clarify what is actually yours to control.
Published 1 month ago.
Updated 4 weeks ago.
Epistemology | Philosophy of Journalism
July 2026
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Philosophy of Fiction
Philosophy of Fiction explores truth in fiction and falsehoods in non-fiction.
Published 2 months ago.
Updated 2 months ago.
OVM | Spirituality
June 2026
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Spirituality
Your spirituality does not have to disappear as science advances. It can mature by distinguishing shared empirical reality from personal meaning, faith, mystery, and the unknown.
Published 3 months ago.
Updated 3 months ago.
Epistemology | Idea of Ideas | TO LIVE WELL
May 2026
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Philosophy of History
History and fiction both tell stories; only one attempts to align with reality.
Published 4 months ago.
Updated 4 months ago.
Political Theory | Religion
22 Apr 2026
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Just War Theory
Situational ethics asks what we should do when no option feels morally clean, and Just War Theory is one of its clearest examples.
Published 5 months ago.
Updated 4 months ago.
Idea of Ideas
15 Apr 2026
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Confidence
Belief should not rush ahead of support. A healthy worldview takes public truth seriously, trusts good authorities wisely, and still does the personal work of thinking things through.
Published 5 months ago.
Updated 2 months ago.
Idea of Ideas
8 Apr 2026
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Personal Belief
Confidence in ideas increases with alignment with reality — aligning with Popper, probability thinking, and intellectual humility.
Published 5 months ago.
Updated 2 months ago.
Epistemology
1 Apr 2026
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Belief
Beliefs deserve confidence only when they are justified. Truth helps determine degree of confidence in public belief.
Published 5 months ago.
Updated 2 months ago.