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Some Thoughts from Branden’s The Psychology of Romantic Love

The structure and nature of romantic love has been a research interest of mine for a while now. While at Penn, I worked with a professor of Philosophy on issues of moral psychology; specifically, we...

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On Self-Failure

I failed myself on Saturday. I failed to meet the standards I laid out for myself in my Project for Individual Excellence (PIE) by not authoring a blog post that day. I could tell myself that I was...

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Why Don’t Philosophers Grapple With Love?

While studying philosophy in college, I was given the opportunity to have a research project supported by the University. I had been working with a professor on moral psychology of guilt, contempt,...

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The Conditions for Romantic Love

This is one of a series of posts on the issues of romantic love. Check out my first post here.  The issue of romantic love is a loaded topic. In the English language, we use the word “love” to describe...

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On Resentment, Indignation, and the Emotional Case for Political Diminution

An understanding of the expectations of a given community helps inform where resentment and guilt ought to be targeted in times of crisis. This is hard when your community-of-reference is large. In...

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How School Undermines the Self-Efficacy of Recent Grads

Self-efficacy is one of the core concepts in developing a healthy sense of self-esteem. At its basic level, it is a competence and sense of competence about one’s ability to handle life and to navigate...

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