Unquiet quitting
Why quitting is not always a virtuous and praiseworthy choice even when it is the right choice, in the latest micro philosophy newsletter.
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Tag: Ethics
How to Be in Two Minds
Why being in two minds is better than being in just one.
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Why are we still eating so much meat?
One of the main reasons for the failure of the “less meat” message is that it has become distorted and is heard as the inverse of what it really is.
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Every Little Helps?
What’s the point of doing a sponsored walk, or even voting? On the supposed irrationality of small acts in the latest Microphilosophy newsletter.
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Inside the mind of a Nimby
Nimbyism is too often reduced to its negative sides: metathesiophobia (fear of change) and xenophobia (fear of strangers). But these fears are arguably the flipsides of what the late conservative philosopher Roger Scruton called “oikophilia”: the love of home.
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