Boethius’ Consolations of Philosophy is one of the 10 most important books you’ve never heard of. The author wrote this Socratic style dialogue in 523 AD while in prison waiting to be strangled and bludgeoned to death for being politically incorrect, much like the reason for the poisoning of Socrates himself nearly a thousand years […]
Category: Moral Philosophy
In the “Star Wars” movies, Jedi Master Yoda makes statements like these, and I paraphrase: “Luke Skywalker is not a good candidate for Jedi training because he doesn’t focus on what he is doing right now in the present moment. He is not serious minded enough.” “The Force surrounds and binds all things. It is […]
Classic Rock is classic not because it’s old but because its creators strove for and achieved timelessness with their art. Similarly, great ideas in philosophy don’t have a ‘sell by date.’ When thinking about a framework for ethics one ought to start looking for what matters and to do that one ought to start with […]
As Head of Data Ethics for Acxiom, Jordan Abbott has made a case for industry self-regulation of the of data use comprising data privacy as well as enterprise governance, protection and ethical sourcing of data. The need for this is clear since companies face regulatory pressure all over the world at the same time they […]
At the risk of sounding trite, the key to lacking nothing is not wanting anything. Of course, this is not practical or within the realm of consideration for most people in an affluent society. How do I make it applicable to you? Simple. This is not an all or nothing game — bet it all […]
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