Here it is, a rundown of interesting articles I’ve come across recently, to consider for your weekend readings:
The great essay-writing machine. Some questions I ask myself to get stuff written. (Medium)
Sartre’s waiter revisited. Why playing your part does not mean sacrificing your individuality. (Medium)
Tragic life endings and Covid-19 policy. Why last days matter more. (Philosophers’ Magazine) Not sure I buy the author’s argument, but it does make for thought provoking reading.
Here lies the skull of Pliny the Elder, maybe. The Roman admiral and scholar died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Might this really be his cranium? (New York Times)
The warped morality of ‘Wonder Woman 1984’. (Forbes) I haven’t seen the movie, but the author makes an interesting case.
Philosophy as a Way of Life
“Alas, poor Pliny. I knew him, Horatio.” (To riff on the actual quote from Hamlet.)
The last moments piece? While the author may not intend it, he holds the door open for arguments made by the likes of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick down here about “duties to die.”
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