T.E.C.

I am sitting in my cozy library in Northfield Minnesota, about to comment on the war in Ukraine from an existentialist perspective. The...

Søren Kierkegaard, the lyrical Danish philosopher, was keenly observant of the ways in which people ordered their lives. Like an...

My philosophy classes usually begin with a sermonette to the effect that philosophy is about loving and acquiring wisdom in contrast to...

Even though ethics is included as one of the fundamental life perspectives in his famous three-stage theory of human development —...

It is hard to imagine what his level of consternation would be at Facebook friends and virtual communities.

Ernest Hemingway put it bluntly: “Most people never listen.” Given that meaningful relationships are crucial to human thriving, it is...

Gordon Marino can’t wait to tell you about moral self-deception.

"Hardly Navel-Gazing"

From the WSJ: When it comes to living, there’s no getting out alive. But books can help us survive, so to speak, by passing on what is...

Now think of a time when you were the envy of others. How did that feel?

The otherwise jolly veteran-turned-accountant went on to suggest that he had done worse things “over there.”

Vice President Joe Biden has frequently acknowledged that only his faith has enabled him to endure the untimely death of his son, Beau....

Today, discussions about the treatment of mental health problems usually focus on medications and short-term therapies. It is almost as...

Student advisees often come to my office, rubbing their hands together, furrowing their brows and asking me to walk along with them as...

THE intellectual immortal Soren Kierkegaard turns 200 on Sunday. The lyrical Danish philosopher is widely regarded as the father of...

he way we negotiate anxiety plays no small part in shaping our lives and character. And yet, historically speaking, the lovers of...

I offer training in both philosophy and boxing. Over the years, some of my colleagues have groused that my work is a contradiction,...

Drip, drip, drip — that’s what insomniac thoughts feel like, a leaky faucet behind the eyes. Last night the ideas were plinking;...

All progress paves over some bit of knowledge or washes away some valuable practice. Within a few years, e-mail and Twitter moved the art...