32. THE UNIVERSE AND NIHILISM - What We Can Learn from Space

February 10, 2020 by DaN McKee in Meaning, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Student Writing

“You may be wondering why I just induced so many existential crises in you to cause three heart failures, a panic attack and an aneurysm, and you’ll be thankful to know that it wasn’t for my own amusement. It’s because this article isn’t really about space, it’s about the question. The question that we all ask but are too afraid to truly think about because we already know the answer. The question that, while it may lay dormant, bubbles to the surface whenever we gaze up at the stars peppered in the abyss:
Why? Why bother?”

27. A PHILOSOPHY OF NEW YEARS - Why We Should Embrace The January Illusion

January 06, 2020 by DaN McKee in Identity, Mental Health, Philosophy Unleashed, New Year

“sometimes we might fail in our resolutions by January 2nd, or at least by February 1st, but it is not the resolution which is important but the time to reflect and think about our lives.”

15. WHAT DO WE OWE TO OURSELVES? - A student reflects on his attempted suicide

September 23, 2019 by DaN McKee in Death, Mental Health, Obligation, Philosophy Unleashed, Student Writing, Suicide

WARNING - THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS DESCRIPTIONS OF DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE

“If I don't even owe it to myself to stay alive what can I really owe myself? “

13. WHO AM I MEDITATING FOR? - A Brief Consideration of the Mindfulness Industrial Complex

September 09, 2019 by DaN McKee in Data, Ethics, Mental Health, Mind, Obligation, Philosophy Unleashed, Mindfulness

“As someone interested in critical thinking and intellectual analysis I have significant objections to the idea of a completely mindful life, and rather suspect the ascendency of mindfulness as a practice to cure all ailments in the modern day has a lot to do with its overall lack of threat to the status quo.”

3. DO THE RIGHT THING - The Logic of Using Non-specialists to Deal with Mental Health

May 13, 2019 by DaN McKee in Ethics, School, Mental Health, Philosophy Unleashed

“In society at large, as in their microcosm, the humble school, although imperfect, overall, our collective efforts to try and help add more good to the world than would exist in their absence, and so the continued struggle should be supported.”