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Notes and writings on ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, logic, and moral reasoning.

status: Finished

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importance: 9/10

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The Art of Being Right2026.02.07

Rhetoric, argumentation, and dialectical strategies for prevailing in debate.

philosophy

A discourse on egoism2025.09.26

a conversation on the morality of selfishness

philosophy · ethics, egoism, selfishness

On Adulthood2025.08.25

A rigorous examination of the philosophy, psychology, practicalities, and science of adulthood.

philosophy

The Discourses2025.08.25

Transcriptions of various personal discourses I have had over the years.

philosophy

A Taxonomy of Needs2025.08.11

philosophy · needs, taxonomy, maslow

Against the Desire for Solipsism2025.08.11

on the advantages, and drawbacks of leading a solipsistic lifestyle

philosophy · epistemology, desire, solipsism

Faith in the Absence of Certainty2025.08.11

philosophy · faith, doubt, epistemology

In Defense of the Malfeasant2025.08.11

philosophy · ethics, wrongdoing, defense

That to Live is to Be Evil2025.08.11

philosophy · ethics, life, evil

The Cost of Perjury2025.08.11

philosophy · ethics, law, truth

Love Theory2025.07.15

What love is, the boundaries between romantic and platonic bonds, and whether love can be shared. A practical and philosophical inquiry into human connection.

philosophy

Select Essays of Kris Yotam2025.07.15

A curated collection of my essays on philosophy, psychology, and culture.

philosophy

Boy, Interrupted2025.07.14

a meditation on interrupted boyhood, the loss of innocence, trauma, modernity, neglect, precocity, and repression

philosophy · autobiography, development, interruption

Reply to Mephisto2025.06.23

the devil you don’t know is only a smoke screen for the devil you do

philosophy · thought-experiments, dialogue, rhetoric

On Being Wounded2025.06.16

Considering what it means to be wounded, physically or emotionally, and how pain shapes perception.

philosophy · suffering, trauma, healing

Is Life a Gift or a Curse? A Quantified Point of View

Evaluates the existential balance sheet of pleasure vs. suffering across a lifespan.

philosophy · Existentialism, Well-being, Philosophy, Quantification

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