The Conservative Panopticon
An intellectual civil war that has long loomed in the background of conservative political thought has finally come to the forefront…
Progressivism: Stanford’s Organized Religion of Choice
When you hear the phrase “organized religion,” what comes to mind?
“Pro-Choice” Ideology: Hedonism’s Front Line of Defense
On the morning of Friday, May 6th, two rallies occupied White Plaza: a pro-abortion rally on one side and a pro-life rally on the other…
Love of Man, Wrath of Men
The two brothers stood over the mangled remains of a frisbee, their mouths gaping open in an expression of shock and admiration…
The Utilitarian Contradiction: A Critique of Classical Qualitative Utilitarianism
While previous eras of human history may have been influenced by a variety of moral philosophies, utilitarianism has dominated the modern world…
The Loneliness of Secularism: Schleiermacher on Religion as Reconciliation
At the heart of philosophy is the attempt to solve the problem of the human condition. The problem consists in the fact of human finitude in its various forms: finitude in man’s capacity to find truth, finitude in man’s capacity to be free…
The Highest Good: A Metaphysics of Beauty as Experience of Truth
Out of all the transcendentals which philosophy has identified, Beauty remains one of the most mysterious…
The True Nature of Love: La Primavera as a Depiction of Virtue and Vice in Marriage
La Primavera by Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli is beautiful in its artistic finesse and depiction of moral themes. In spite of its initial ambiguity, the painting conveys complex–and often intentionally contradictory–themes of love, desire, and teleology through its characters and organization…
The Necessity of Grace: Human Wisdom and Divine Aid in Canto IX of The Divine Comedy
As a poet and student of literature, Dante Alghieri undoubtedly venerated human rationality. His magnum opus, The Divine Comedy, contains heroes whose virtues and vices demonstrate the heights and depths of human flourishing. However, despite its emphasis on the affairs of corporeal characters, The Divine Comedy is as much about the divine as it is about the human…