105. MY SPIDEY-SENSE WAS TINGLING - Have We Forgotten How To Deal With Conflict in Civil Society?

January 10, 2022 by DaN McKee in COVID19, Culture, Movies, Obligation, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Pop Culture

“sometimes living together means compromise and not doing exactly what you want.“

99. DUNE BUGGED ME - On Being Bored of War

November 08, 2021 by DaN McKee in Culture, Death, Militarisation, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Pop Culture, War

“We have been primed to be ready for war. We have been conditioned to expect it imminently. We have been told that a time will come when we have to pick a side and that we may not even be able to trust our closest friends. We have been fed the ideological norms of conflict escalation and had massacre and genocide normalised. All in the name of entertainment. To assume such repeated and sustained messaging will have no impact is to ignore the evidence of all other successful marketing strategies.“

84. NO TRUE ARGUMENT - How A Basic Fallacy Stops Criticism And Prevents Peace

May 24, 2021 by DaN McKee in Identity, Ethics, Meaning, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Politics, Racism, War, Logic

“That this well documented fallacy remains so effective and so frequently used is one of the frustrating reminders that knowledge of philosophy, and of the mechanics of arguments, is not necessarily a path to happiness or contentedness. Often, it simply means being fully aware that an argument is faulty, but seeing it work to convince people regardless.“