A Return to the Sea
This essay seeks to examine the sea as a symbol of an expanded consciousness through its representation during the stages of Edna’s awakening […]
American Madmen: Oppenheimer, Teller, and the Purpose of Science
When considering where to lay blame for the hypothetical end of the world, it can be hard to decide whether responsibility lies with the creators of the means of destruction or those who actively put these means to use.
Eichmann, Oppenheimer, and the Perils of Blind Obedience
In deviating from a Thrasymachean conception of justice, Oppenheimer enters a Socratic domain that puts the collective good into the foreground.
Nietzsche and Arendt’s Warnings Against Totalitarianism
Friedrich Nietzsche and Hannah Arendt have both been misinterpreted with regard to their attitude toward the Nazis, but in fact they both hold very strong and uncompromising anti-Nazi views.
What Does Justice Look Like for the “Banal” Adolf Eichmann?
How does Arendt’s theory of “banality of evil” challenge both Plato’s and our own subsequent view on evil and injustice? This central question is what makes Eichmann in Jerusalem so philosophically groundbreaking […]