Category: philosophical counseling
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Irreversible Consequences
We’re all familiar, I presume, with the idea that our actions can lead to unintended consequences. Some of these unintended consequences become almost immediately recognizable, and in a small number of those cases the actions are reversible. But what about the actions that set in motion consequences that cannot be seen by the living and that,…
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Reflections on Truth and Goodness After Listening to a Sam Harris/Jordan Peterson Podcast
It’s usually a good thing to be truthful and to speak the truth, but the truth is not the same as the good. Most would agree, yet some believe that the good is numerically identical with the good. That strikes me as incorrect. For, plainly, it does seem as if we can speak of factual truths, of…
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Irresponsibility and Hang-ups
While it’s true that we have a responsibility not to carry our hang-ups into our interactions with other people, we often act irresponsibly by doing just the opposite. This is worse than unfortunate; it is troubling. Our foul moods and our habitually negative patterns of thought can cause others strife. We are all familiar here with the…
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Rural America’s Rejection of the Creative, Inclusive Society
Context Let me begin by saying that I grew up in a small midwestern town, that I finished a Ph.D. at a prominent, very left-leaning research university, and that for the past five years or so I have considered myself to be an independent. I stand neither on the left nor on the right, believing with…
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‘We’re Supposed to Be F***ing Professionals!’
A new post (with great pictures) on LinkedIn in which I argue against professionalization.
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 