In part 1 of this series, I made the observation that in our society we tend to hold love to be a good thing and hold hate a bad thing, and that this seems to be something that many of us consider obvious or self-evident (the love-not-hate ethic). I claimed that such a view is Read More…
Month: October 2017
In Defense of Hate
If there is anything we seem sure of in our society today, it is that hate is a bad thing. Many things make this clear to me – from terms such as “hate speech” and “hate crime” that denote special categories of deplorable behavior; to slogans such as “love, not hate,” “love conquers hate,” and Read More…
On Existentialism
An existential crisis is not a temporary condition experienced by only a few or a neurosis to be somehow avoided or cured. The truth is we are all in crisis and remain so at least until death. Life itself constitutes an existential crisis, whether or not we recognize it as such. For, at least from Read More…