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

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2025A discourse on egoismGrowing0
2025A Taxonomy of NeedsGrowing0
2025Against the Desire for SolipsismGrowing0
2025Faith in the Absence of CertaintyGrowing0
2025In Defense of the MalfeasantGrowing0
2025That to Live is to Be EvilGrowing0
2025The Cost of PerjuryGrowing0
2025Boy, InterruptedRough0
2025Reply to Mephisto0
2025On Being WoundedRough0
A discourse on egoism
Growing
A discourse on egoism
Philosophy · essays2025
A Taxonomy of Needs
Growing
A Taxonomy of Needs
Philosophy · essays2025
Against the Desire for Solipsism
Growing
Against the Desire for Solipsism
Philosophy · essays2025
Faith in the Absence of Certainty
Growing
Faith in the Absence of Certainty
Philosophy · essays2025
In Defense of the Malfeasant
Growing
In Defense of the Malfeasant
Philosophy · essays2025
That to Live is to Be Evil
Growing
That to Live is to Be Evil
Philosophy · essays2025
The Cost of Perjury
Growing
The Cost of Perjury
Philosophy · essays2025
Boy, Interrupted
Rough
Boy, Interrupted
Philosophy · essays2025
Reply to Mephisto
Reply to Mephisto
Philosophy · essays2025
On Being Wounded
Rough
On Being Wounded
Philosophy · essays2025
A discourse on egoismGrowing2025.09.26

a conversation on the morality of selfishness

philosophy · egoism, ethics, selfishness

A Taxonomy of NeedsGrowing2025.08.11

philosophy · maslow, needs, taxonomy

Against the Desire for SolipsismGrowing2025.08.11

on the advantages, and drawbacks of leading a solipsistic lifestyle

philosophy · desire, epistemology, solipsism

Faith in the Absence of CertaintyGrowing2025.08.11

philosophy · doubt, epistemology, faith

In Defense of the MalfeasantGrowing2025.08.11

philosophy · defense, ethics, wrongdoing

That to Live is to Be EvilGrowing2025.08.11

philosophy · ethics, evil, life

The Cost of PerjuryGrowing2025.08.11

philosophy · ethics, law, truth

Boy, InterruptedRough2025.07.14

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 · dialogue, rhetoric, thought-experiments

On Being WoundedRough2025.06.16

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

philosophy · healing, suffering, trauma

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Long-form reflections and thinking on various subjects.

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