Philosophy

By: A. Lu Your parents say that 11 pm is your bed time, but they don’t punish you if you don’t go to bed by 11pm, so is 11 pm really your bed time? Introduction The question of whether 11 PM is really your bedtime if your parents do not punish you for staying up later can be explored from various angles. If we consider a family as a small society, then the rules within the family can be seen as its legal system, with "going to bed by 11 PM" functioning as a rule in this mic

By: Anisa Chandra What is the furthest extent we should go to in order to help someone else? If it’s our duty to give up our seat to an elderly person, is it also our duty to help children in third-world countries by giving them opportunities for a better life? Why? As the global situation gets increasingly worse — there’s mass genocides in a variety of countries, we’re facing a global water shortage, and the job market is becoming distorted due to the influence of AI — this

By: Sean Yin Introduction  There exists a renowned maxim in law that is commonly repeated in and out of courtrooms, and few others has received as much prevalent recognition as the reassurance that all accused will be presumed innocent until deemed otherwise during a formal trial. [1] This, along with the promise that all accused will be provided with a lawyer if they are not able to by the state/country, [2] are both examples of international laws passed to ensure a just cr

By: Anisa Chandra When was the last time that you spoke to a stranger? In a world full of machines working fast-food jobs and headphones to block out conversations, we as a specieshave made it extremely easy for ourselves to avoid unwanted conversation. However, this has led to what NPR names the “loneliness epidemic” — as we isolate ourselves, we lose the connections that make us happy. Throughout this article, we’ll explore the importance of connecting with strangers and t

By: Anisa Chandra If I told you to think of the smartest person you knew, why would you call them smart? Is it because they can solve the hardest math problems, remember the most flashcards, or successfully land a job at NASA? Even if it isn’t, chances are it’s something that relies on memory. It’s because of this that we tend to see forgetfulness as a loss — if knowledge is based on how well we can memorize things, then forgetting, the opposite of memorization, must make us

By: Anisa Chandra Humans are the only species aware of their inevitable death. And because of this, we’re the only species experiencing...

By: Anisa Chandra Would you rather help someone commit their own suicide or wake up every day knowing that someone you vowed to take...

By: Scarlett Huang As tennis legend and activist Billie Jean King famously said, “Sports are a microcosm of society”  (1) . It's high...

Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), a German philosopher from Königsberg, is considered one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy....