Love Humans or Love Humanity Plus
Things go bad fast. In his book Intellectuals, historian Paul Johnson offered a pejorative definition of intellectuals. He said a certain type of intellectual is a person who loves their ideas more than people.
February 2021
January 2021
Does Legal Mean Right?
We imagined, in a previous post, our hero woke up one morning having forgotten everything about human interactions. This isn’t a problem as long as our hero is alone, but we quickly discovered it is almost impossible to avoid crossing paths with other human beings. Every new interaction raises questions about the appropriate response. Add [...]
November 2020
Back to Basics
Imagine our hero wakes up one morning and everything about the way we live our lives is suddenly mysterious. Every understanding of social contracts, personal rights, community responsibilities, etc., slipped from his mind as he slept. He launches into the world with the whole of human relationships existing as a country to be newly discovered. [...]
May 2020
Beautiful Things
Why do we seek out beautiful things, and work so hard to create beauty. Community investment is important, and the beautiful things we create help to build up our community. Sometimes beautiful things divide, but they often make life better. Take a listen to this edition of Human Things. We are here to be beautiful, [...]
Human Things #4 – Arguing and the Airing of Grievances
Why is it important to argue and to argue well? What's the difference in ranting and persuading in an argument. These ideas are laid out here in our fourth Merely Human Things podcast. Merely Human Things is a podcast series exploring what C.S. Lewis said when he stated that he wanted to be found doing human things. That's why we are here. Give it a listen.