Matt Bushnell's Blog

 Socrates is well know around the world for his work in philosophy. In fact he entails that this has been the pursuit of his life. As a class, we all had the same preconceived ideas that philosophy is just another way of thinking. As this being our last blog post, philosophy in its entity is nothing we were born with, this new way of thinking which takes practice to comprehend. We have discussed philosophy as it relates to reparations, time, etc however, how can it connect with death?  Socrates begins his explanation by stating the question, " for may  not death, too, be better than life in some cases?" In terms of looking at this question from a religious aspect, I agree with this statement. From a Catholic lens, the afterlife out ways earth in a numerous number of ways. I believe Socrates is coming from this point of view as he refers to, "when a man  is better dead, he is not permitted to be his own benefactor, but must  wait for the hand of another." In other wo

      In Darby's article, "Reparations and Racial Inequality", he states in his argument that for so many years Americans have been subject to racial inequality and injustice. Darby argues that the root cause of this is often unclear. On one hand, people may trace back to slavery and on the other people may say that there are many different factors that lead to racial bias. This leads to the inherent problem about racial reparations for African Americans. For example, monetary means may be insufficient for making amends for the centuries of racial inequality. Simply insuring an apology as Barack Obama did may not be enough. The question lingers, will any form of tangible reparations be  sufficient.      I agree with Darby's argument because I do not think there is any tangible things we can do to make up for centuries of injustice. In other words, I believe we should always keep fighting for equality there is not a lump sum amount of money, statue, formal apology, etc