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Windshield Reflections #2
Little did she know that reading would be her competitor, my new mistress. Continue reading
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Moral Ideals and the Pathology of “Doing Your Best”
“… Development itself constantly changes the self’s possibilities such that what would count as one’s ‘best’ transforms in ways that are at once real and out of view.” Continue reading
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Contrasting Forms of Independence
In fact, one should understand that Sweden’s guiding ideology is not so much collectivism as it is statist individualism; the goal is to make citizens as independent from each other as much as possible. Continue reading
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Divorce and the Pursuit of Happiness
Rather than leading us to a deeper, more meaningful life, this so-called happiness may be one more thing we don’t really need. Continue reading
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EDI, ESG and Nurturing Leadership Without Judgment
ESG and EDI initiatives remind me of the various English tests we used as a representation of one’s English skills: I could get any student to pass the test, but it was really hard to give them the skills to get out of the airport. Continue reading
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Invitation to Guest Authors
Are you looking for a place to write? Do you care about the topics of Authenticity, Personal Identity, Mass Society, Freedom, Faith, and Community? If you are a new writer looking for exposure, please feel free to write for Ideals and Identities. Other topics will be considered as well. Our site will, beginning August 1,… Continue reading
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Ideals and Identities is Restructuring – Some articles will be disappearing
Announcement of changes to idealsandidentities.com Continue reading
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Authenticity in the Wreckage of Honor and Dignity
The isolated individual is entirely unsatisfactory. Precisely because of a person’s social character, stable identities can only emerge in relationships with stable social contexts. Therefore, there is deep uncertainty about contemporary identity; it’s an identity crisis if you will. Continue reading
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Educated Agency in the University: from Mastery to Authenticity
“…to be educated is not to be in control or to master chance, it is to become more authentically who you are.” Continue reading
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The Politics of Sexuality, Part 3: Homosexual Weddings, and Marriage
A marriage, on the other hand, is made by a daily effort to live out the vows until death. In the words of my father, the vows I make to my spouse are not so much like laws that I keep or break; they are commitments that keep or break me. The vows may be… Continue reading
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