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![AVAILABLE ON PODCAST Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes In the wake of recent events regarding the tragic death of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, this letter seems more relevant than […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-13-at-6.20.43-PM-36x36.png "On Becoming Sheepdogs, a Modern Fable")
On Becoming Sheepdogs, a Modern Fable
Posted on June 13, 2020 | 1 CommentAVAILABLE ON PODCAST Anchor.fm Spotify iTunes In the wake of recent events regarding the tragic death of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, this letter seems more relevant than […]
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Are We Killing the Fat Man? The Corona Trolley Dilemma
Posted on April 18, 2020 | 14 CommentsAVAILABLE ON PODCAST SPOTIFY ITUNES ANCHOR.FM THE TROLLEY PROBLEM The Trolley thought experiment, first put forth by the philosopher Philippa Foot, pits two schools of moral thought against each other: […]
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For the Class of 2020 During the Pandemic, a Poem and a Mother’s Wish
Posted on March 23, 2020 | 4 CommentsAVAILABLE ON PODCAST Spotify Anchor.fm iTunes Today’s letter is for high school seniors, for my son and his classmates, for my friends’ children, for Andrew and for Allie and for […]
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![Five Types of Eaters British logician and philosopher Bertrand Russell asks readers to consider five different ways a man may receive his meal. For some it is entirely a bore, no matter how […]](https://treehouseletter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Feast-115x115.jpg "Zest for Life: Five Types of Eaters and The Conquest of Happiness – Bertrand Russell")
Zest for Life: Five Types of Eaters and The Conquest of Happiness – Bertrand Russell
Posted on April 15, 2016 | No CommentsFive Types of Eaters British logician and philosopher Bertrand Russell asks readers to consider five different ways a man may receive his meal. For some it is entirely a bore, no matter how […]