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Hunt Saboteurs and Nazis

Sebastian Morello September 20, 2022

The connection between anti-hunting attitudes and fascism may, in fact, be a deep one.

Feelings and the Burkean Contract

Sebastian Morello September 3, 2022

It is very difficult to argue for the Burkean Contract. If one sees oneself as a morally isolated, radical individual for whom history means nothing and for whom nothing is owed to the future, no amount of disputation will let in the light.

Scientists Create Mouse Embryos From Stem Cells

David Boos August 29, 2022

The development of a synthetic mouse embryo from stem cells to the stage of developing organs raises hopes among the scientific community that the time for such experiments with human embryos is near.

Rewilding and the Future of Humankind

Sebastian Morello July 2, 2022

Restoring our proper relationship with the natural world, it must be asserted, does not entail a retreat from nature, but a renewed immersion in its mystery and a humble submission to its laws.

FORGOTTEN CLASSICS:
The Disneyfication of Culture

Felix James Miller April 30, 2022

Judging by the 1942 film, the story of Bambi is a relatively simple and childish tale. True, it famously deals with Bambi’s loss of his mother, but in general the movie leaves viewers with the banal, sentimental, fuzzy feelings that has made Disney an entertainment juggernaut. But these are not the feelings Salten’s original novel produces, nor is the novel particularly intended for children. How, then, did Disney’s image of Bambi become the predominant one? And how does this story and its reception shed light on our current Western culture?

Between the Deer and the Idea: On Woodland Philosophy

Sebastian Morello April 23, 2022

The life of the mind is fundamentally dangerous when divorced from the world. Indeed, intellectuals have a moral duty to seek out ways of encountering reality—the thing out there—if they are to avoid becoming a tremendous nuisance to others, a trait so common among their kind.

Protecting Forests from Top-Down EU Policy Planning

Pieter Cleppe March 10, 2022

A better strategy for the EU could be to clean up its own house first. The enormous amounts the EU spends on agriculture, a few hundred billion over seven years, heavily subsidize intensive agriculture, with 80% of EU cash going to 20% of the recipients.

Nature Makes us Queasy

Sebastian Morello December 23, 2021

It seems that both the architects of the Brave New World and the serfs who live in it actually fear the state of nature found in the Rousseauian paradise. In fact, we have a profound aversion to nature. Rather than acting like animals, we feel a kind of queasiness not only when we witness the more animal-side of human life, but even when we witness animals acting like animals.

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