The Idea of Just Punishment in Buddhism and Utilitarianism

What is Justice?If we pay 1,000 yen and are given something worth 500 yen, we will complain, angry. If we Continue reading →

Morality Not Normality: The Instru-mentality of Pandemic Responses

With COVID-19 and its consequences still unfolding at the time of writing it is tempting to speculate what the future Continue reading →

Merleau-Ponty on the Relationship Between Self and World

As much as the world can feel separate from our discrete selves, upon closer examination, we will see that our Continue reading →

How the Wilderness Calls: A Critique of Red Dead Redemption 2

Life persists in wildness. Technique turned the world into a wildlife park, domesticating all within its borders. Yet it didn’t Continue reading →

The Castle Without The King: On Domicide and Homelessness

I’ve never rough slept, though I’ve had plenty of friends who were rough sleeping at one point or another. For Continue reading →

A Future on Fire: Climate Change and Hauntology

The spectre of climate crisis stalks our present, finding ways to mash and mangle our now into one that is Continue reading →

Don’t Touch Anything: Biodiversity Interventionism

The “natural world” is complex. We are just beginning to understand the interconnections of living and non-living things. Environmental ecosystems Continue reading →

Unbuilding Walls, 3: Passageway and Gatekeeper

“If I don’t meet you no more in this worldThen I’ll meet you in the next oneAnd don’t be lateDon’t Continue reading →