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...
View ArticleOn 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...
View ArticleWhy 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,...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleOn 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...
View ArticleHow 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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