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We discuss Zizek's Hegelian defense of a monarchy to solve the problem of democracy.
https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/in-defense-of-hegels-notion-of-monarchy/


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We continue reading Simone DeBeauvoir's Ethics of Ambiguity, and try to sus out its particular ethical dilemmas.

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We read Simone DeBeauvoir's defense of Existentialism as an ethic that is not hyper-individualistic, nihilistic or absurdist.

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Here's the homework: https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/ambiguity/

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We look at Schopenhauer's comparison of various religions' metaphysical explanations for suffering, and why conservative celebrities are converting to the dumbest one.

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Schopenhauer on the Sufferings of the World: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10732/10732-h/10732-h.htm#link2H_4_0002
Ayaan Hirsi Ali converts: https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/
Russell Brand gets baptized: https://www.christianpost.com/voices/russell-brand-just-got-baptized-but-what-does-it-mean.html