Part 2: Goals, etc.
With a little help from my friend, Chat, I developed this list of goals for my year in Scotland. Finish my dissertation by July 1, 2026, with a research question focused on U.S. foreign policy or global migration, incorporating at least 5 interviews with subject-matter experts. Achieve an overall distinction (70% or higher) in at […]
Part 1: One Month Until School Starts
Morning All, For those who don’t already know, I have been accepted to the University of Edinburgh, where I plan to complete a Master of Science (MSc) in International Relations. This one-year program begins in September 2025 and concludes in August 2026. I enter the program with a list of goals, at the top of […]
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Do I Look Pleased?
Intro The question of the nature of well-being tends to raise a few standard responses. Among the most prevalent are desire satisfaction theory, pluralism, and hedonism. Each of these presents a unique argument about the foundational basis of what makes a person better or worse off. The necessity of the question, however, is clear and […]
Why “Good Art” tends to be Art with Goodness
Introduction In examining the ethical criticisms of art, we are left with a curious puzzle, and one that deserves some attention. Why is art that manifests ethically reprehensible attitudes generally not perceived to be “good art”? Or perhaps, why does “good art” tend to be art that has goodness. While each of these terms, in […]
Ordinary Language and Moral Markets
The tradition of western analytic philosophy has instilled a deep seeded necessity for precise language. Because of this, Philosophers concern themselves with description, precision, and meaning as much (if not more) than the general theories they propose. After all, what good is a general theory if the language is so imprecise that it renders the […]
A Philosophical Short Story
She was sitting in her apartment, a fourth-floor walkup, alone with little more than her thoughts to keep her company. Chief among these, the thoughts that is, were her recollections of an event she had witnessed earlier that day. It was an odd day, but she could recall so few days that couldn’t be considered […]
Educational Endogamy in the US
Introduction It seems clear that inequality in the United States has been growing. According to the World Bank website, the GINI index score for the US has risen from 38 in 1991 to 41 in 2019. It further seems that the mobility availability to people has become more stratified in decades past. Classical institutions that […]
Income as a Predictor of Party Identification
Introduction The assumptions we make about the way the world works often go unchecked. We rely on extrapolation and some logic to lead us to conclusions that seem reasonable, but in actuality, the counterfactual might be just as likely. This quarter we have developed some of the data analytics skills to delve into the data […]
