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2011-10-03T19:22:00-06:00

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More travels, friends, and sun

Last updated on: October 3, 2011 at 7:22 pm By Justin Whitaker

As mentioned in my last post, I’ll be on the road again for another couple weeks. This time in NYC, Pennsylvania, and Ithaca spending time with good friends, academics, and good academic friends. Speaking of travels and good friends, my old friend and roommate from 2004-5 Bristol days, SJ, was here yesterday and we took to the country roads just outside of Bristol. It’s amazing – and all too easy to forget – how beautiful and peaceful the countryside is... Read more

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2011-09-28T11:16:00-06:00

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Buddhist Studies and world Buddhist news

Last updated on: September 28, 2011 at 11:16 am By Justin Whitaker

Some must-know things going on in the Buddhist world now. First is a conference next week in NYC on Buddhist Ethics. It should be the largest ever conference on this topic and features a keynote by my very own supervisor, Damien Keown. It’s free and open to the public but they do ask that you register online. The sheer concentration of brilliant scholars talking about Buddhist ethics/Buddhist philosophy is pretty likely to blow your mind. The day before that kicks off:... Read more

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2011-09-27T21:47:00-06:00

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Homesick

Last updated on: September 27, 2011 at 9:47 pm By Justin Whitaker

Having grown up in Montana, I am so grateful for every moment I was lucky enough to spend in nature. Whether you’re getting an Indian summer now, or fall is beginning to settle in, take some time to step away from the constructions of life and enter into nature. Even if it is just in a city park, pay attention to natural sounds: birds, leaves and grass beneath your feet, wind brushing through the trees. If you’re really ambitious, try... Read more

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2011-09-26T05:25:00-06:00

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A note on Optimism and Reason

Last updated on: September 26, 2011 at 5:25 am By Justin Whitaker

“However, far from superseding Kant, it seems as if, after two revolutionary centuries, the ‘lesser evil’ of Kant’s accommodation with the ‘century of Frederick’ and the studied equivocations and sensitivity to aporia which characterize his philosophizing still offer a future to which it might be worth returning.”– Howard Caygill, A Kant Dictionary, p.29 This is the last sentence in his introduction and refers to the impatience and perhaps actively destructive effects of post-Kantian philosophers. Often, indeed to this day, philosophy is too busy... Read more

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2011-09-23T23:25:00-06:00

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I Kant Believe it’s not Buddha

Last updated on: September 23, 2011 at 11:25 pm By Justin Whitaker

The logo on a hoodie made by students in the Theology and Religious Studies Department at the University of Bristol. Now to get one for myself… Read more

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2011-09-23T12:54:00-06:00

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Is there still Hope in American Politics?

Last updated on: September 23, 2011 at 12:54 pm By Justin Whitaker

The short answer is Yes. After the execution of Troy Davis, the ‘let him die‘ question at a recent Republican debate, and a series of other shameful, high profile news events coming from the US, it’s easy to forget that the country is, like any other, filled with many incredibly wonderful people who are speaking truth and making the world a better place. (my thanks to James Ishmael Ford for posting this video on his blog) Here is Troy Davis’... Read more

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2013-12-19T16:10:59-07:00

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Fact Check: the News is STILL Racist and biased toward the rich

Last updated on: December 19, 2013 at 4:10 pm By Justin Whitaker

Sometimes the media makes you think – and sometimes it makes you very, very angry. I saw this in my news feed today and I was astonished that it wasn’t from that one news network I already know to be filled with right-wing lunatics. Fact check: The top tax rate for capital gains and dividends is 15%. The most recent information [on taxes paid by the richest 400 Americans], for 2008, shows that the 400 wealthiest Americans paid $19.5 billion... Read more

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2011-09-20T14:32:00-06:00

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Modernism, Optimism, and Naivety

Last updated on: September 20, 2011 at 2:32 pm By Justin Whitaker

I’ve been back at work on my phd thesis on Kant and Buddhist ethics and also having many wonderful conversations with fellow scholars and friends regarding a wide range of topics in academia, philosophy, and history. The mental stimulation has been most welcome, and I look forward to its continuing for many months to come. One of the topics of discussion has somewhat steered around the above topics of Modernism, Optimism, and Naivety. Let me explain, briefly, what I mean by... Read more

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2011-09-17T13:54:00-06:00

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Review of “Mindfulness to go: How to Meditate While You’re On the Move”

Last updated on: September 17, 2011 at 1:54 pm By Justin Whitaker

This is an excellent book for anyone “too busy to meditate,” which these days seems like just about everyone I know. It’s compact, light-weight (easy to carry on the bus-train-plane-etc), and divided into very quickly readable chapters covering the whole A-Z of mindfulness. After a brief introduction (What, Why, and How), Harp gives us a discussion of the all-important fight-or-flight response. As he rightly points out, this physiological response to our surroundings evolved with us to keep us alive, but... Read more

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2011-09-11T22:42:00-06:00

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9/11 Half Marathon

Last updated on: September 11, 2011 at 10:42 pm By Justin Whitaker

I had a good chunk of time to just think today. To some extent at least, as I was running along the course of the Bristol Half-Marathon. I thought about 9/11 of course, about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and about countless other issues plaguing humanity today. I thought I should be running for a peace-based charity (If you would like to support one, try Bhikkhu Bodhi’s Global Buddhist Relief). But for the most part, I just thought about... Read more

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