Philosophy in a Factory

       Its occurred to me that I've never set down on this blog exactly why I decided to pursue a career in philosophy, rather than keep up gainful work in a factory as I've been doing the last 15 or so years so Id like to make this my origin story of sorts.      As many people that know me know, I have been a philosophic thinker most of my life, if not all. Starting with my parents who started me off with a solid grounding in Christian ethics and, though they may not have thought of it in such a way, Existentialism, especially my father.      Growing up I was always encouraged to ask questions, even hard ones to my parents, whether it be about simple things like fairness in arguing with my sister or with more complex things like how you can't always trust everyone you meet and how, even if you mostly agree with someone, that doesn't always make that someone right.       I was raised with the Existentialist ideals of ...

      A book  about the Biblical story of Abraham and his intended sacrifice of his son Isaac, Kierkegaard reflects on how faith relates to ethics and how it ultimately transcends ethical standards.      Throughout the book Kierkegaard establishes the classically existential idea of the absurd in relation to Abraham’s plight and reflects on how an absurd situation such as this cannot have a rational reaction. Abraham is commanded by God to sacrifice his son Isaac because it is what Abraham values most in the world. Kierkegaard expounds on how deliberate and terrifying this must have been for Abraham while he made the trip to the top of the mountain with his son and asks the obvious question of “Could any of us make the same choices?”      From what I understand, Kierkegaard viewed the story of Abraham as a blueprint for his relationship with God. He makes the point that God, forever loving and magnanimous, would reward anyone w...

Its been way too long since I posted on here! This last semester I took Intro to Philosophy and learned so much and have been annoying anyone and everyone who will listen with this fact and I have been taking the time in between semesters to just devour books and again have been annoying everyone with this new information and I want to put it down in text and plan to do so hopefully a post a week or so!