Philosophy & Ethics

Ah, the sweet, sanitized hum of modern music—it's everywhere, isn't it? Blasting from our earbuds, serenading our commutes, and soundtracking our TikTok scrolls. But let's pause the playlist for a moment and ponder: do we, the everyday listeners, truly know what "real" music sounds like? Not the polished, studio-glossed gems we consume like fast food, but the raw, unfiltered eruption of sound straight from the source. In our era of overproduced anthems, where even garage bands sound like they'v…

The Payola of Pages: When Book Reviews Become a Shady Back-Alley Deal Ah, the glamorous world of indie publishing—where dreams of literary stardom collide headfirst with the cold, algorithmic overlords of Amazon. Picture this: You've poured your soul into a novel, wrestling with characters who refuse to behave, themes that keep you up at night pondering the cosmos, and plot twists that feel like existential gut punches. Then, out of the blue, an email lands in your inbox, dripping with praise…

You’re going to die and realize you were the one writing the story the whole time. You’re the author of this universe and the experience you just had in it. Where did you go wrong? The world wasn’t perfect – if you’re the one in charge, if you’re the one writing, then why would you write it in such an imperfect way? Why did you allow those corruptions to dictate existence? And then you’re gonna realize, all of the men before you, they failed as well. They, too, left behind an imperfect world. Y…

I recently contributed to the following question: what are some of the best books for beginners of philosophy? This is kind of loaded question–are you looking to get "into" philosophy? Are you trying to figure out or define what philosophy is? Are you just looking for something that will make you think about life and your place in it? Philosophy can be an intimidating subject, especially since everything we know at its highest level is a philosophy. For instance, a Ph.D. is short for Doctor of…

The answers I’ve arrived at could have never been told to me—as I cannot tell them to you—they were achieved through realization by advancing my perspective. I’m going to try to make this as pithy as I can—an almost insurmountable task as I spent a great deal of the 474 pages of my novel, The Final Book: Gods, covering the subject—and it’s only the first book of the trilogy. I was raised loosely under the notion of dualism. I am a product of American society, American education, and the…

On every measurable scale, no matter which side you are sympathetic toward, The Shortest War In History adds to the long list of Unjust wars plaguing history. In keeping with my theme of researching the Justness of odd and absurd wars, the Anglo-Zanzibar War makes the list as it is regarded as the shortest war in history. Fierce debates have risen over the actual length of the war; Zanzibar sympathizers insisting that the conflict lasted for at least 45 minutes, while British historians cla…