Can an act that affects other people be “my personal choice”? This is an important question today since “personal choice” is regularly invoked, especially on questions related to Covid-19. To wear a mask in public or not to wear a mask in public? It is my personal choice. To be vaccinated or not to beContinue reading “Personal Choice and Freedom of the “We””
Category Archives: covid-19
Thoughts for Governor Greg Abbott
The Governor of Texas says that the path forward (in the fight against Covid-19) “lies in personal responsibility not government mandates. “ He has said similar things quite a bit, such as Texans are smart of enough to do the right thing without the government telling them what to do. I think the Governor couldContinue reading “Thoughts for Governor Greg Abbott”
Vaccine Refusal and Faulty Premises
When it comes to the Covid-19 vaccines, it seems a lot of people have forgotten basic facts about how vaccines work in general. I am referring to things that have always been said and understood about every vaccine ever in the history of vaccines. One of the things that I have seen people do onContinue reading “Vaccine Refusal and Faulty Premises”
Getting Back in Touch
The pandemic reminds us that we remain firmly rooted in bodily existence with all dangers that this implies. —Slavoj Žižek, Pandemic 2: Chronicles of a Time Lost (p. 14). Touch is never so obvious as when confronted with its opposite—the untouchable. —Richard Kearney, Touch: Recovering Our Most Vital Sense (p. 133). It has been justContinue reading “Getting Back in Touch”
Discursive Dialectics 