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Questions Without Answers
Perhaps I should start off by making one thing clear: I know nothing about anything I’m about to write about. This article is purely engendered from curiosity – it’s merely my personal exploration of...
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Moral Clarity: The Real-World Legitimacy of Idealism
For most people my age, philosophy is something tantalizing, but always out of reach; referenced enough that we feel we should understand it, but so dense and abstract that we are convinced that we...
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Pretend Power
The first time I noticed power was on a golf cart ride when I was in kindergarten. My father, to my frustration, told me to hold on tight to the cart’s frame, since I was riding backwards and without...
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Maximizing Happiness: A Defense of Effective Altruism
Americans donated over $350 billion to charity in 2014. That’s a staggeringly large amount of money, especially considering that over 70% of it was donated by individuals. And yet, according to The...
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Does Happiness Have a Different Meaning to Each of Us?
My idea of happiness was irreversibly changed at the place where many revelatory life experiences occur: summer camp. When I first arrived at camp, I was nervous but quickly made many friends, all of...
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A Short History of Happiness
Every day I laugh at something I find funny or smile at someone I find delightful. That rush of well-being, a momentary pleasure, is one type of happiness — a happiness that is easily gained and just...
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