Author: Andrew Taggart
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The Ultimate Good Is The Realest Real
Having, for many years and most especially in recent posts, duly praised Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue (1981), I hereby lodge a complaint. In The Village Voice also back in 1981, the perceptive critic George Scialabba, citing a crucial line from MacIntyre’s book, saw what I see: “The good life for man,” he [MacIntyre] concludes lamely,…
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Modernity Is A Flight To Nowhere
On September 20th, The New York Times, in true NYT fashion, published a non-sardonic brief: Looking to satisfy their itch to travel, thousands of people in Brunei, Taiwan, Japan and Australia have started booking flights that start and end in the same place. Some airlines call these “scenic flights,” but others are more direct and…
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Covid Has Exposed Many Friendships For What They Always Were
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed many friendships for what they always actually were: narcissistic, self-seeking, and pleasure-driven. It is shocking, though no less true for all that, that friends cannot speak openly with one another about how to develop best practices during the pandemic and about how to stay accountable to one another. Why? Because…
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The Liberal Arts During The Meta-crisis
My essay on the meta-crisis begins: In a dream, you see that you’re somewhere you’ve never been before, the landscape you survey appearing unrecognizable to you. Only in the next breath, it strikes you as if, no, this landscape is all too familiar. Either way, it’s clear to you that you don’t feel at home…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 