projects
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On Sleeping through the Night, Part 1
Continuing the serialization of my recent manuscript – “On Sleeping through the Night: Ecology, Economy and Ethics of a Vital Human Project.” – with the first main section. 1. The Peculiarity of Sleep as a Project As far as we know, all – or very nearly all – animals spend some fraction of their lives… Continue reading
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Sleeper Project
Please pardon the pun – well, really, a double pun, though that may not be obvious just yet. Read on to see what I mean. How did I come to be writing a paper about, of all things, sleep? It’s the convergence of threads which have been running through my research, some of them stretching… Continue reading
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On Sleeping through the Night, Introduction
I have a new paper, currently under review, which marks my return to a primary focus on environmental philosophy. This one comes from an odd angle, and it would take a while to explain how it all happened. I may get back to that a bit later but, for now, I’ll post a serialized version… Continue reading
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First Sketch
I intend this blog to be a series of observations about ethical values in everyday life, in professional practice and in public policy. My outlook is that of a secular philosopher, and my interest is in the lived experiences of human beings pursuing various projects in particular places. The founding idea is that ethical thinking… Continue reading