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A Case for Contingent Absurdity

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract A popular view on existential absurdity holds that if life is absurd, it must be inescapably so. In opposition to this view, I argue that the concept of existential absurdity allows for life to be contingently absurd. In Nausea (1938) and Being and Nothingness (1943), Jean‐Paul Sartre puts forward two distinct conceptions of an absurd life ...
Thom Hamer
wiley   +1 more source

Being Wrong About Personal Transformation

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract Transformative experiences are thought to change us in different ways. Some transform us epistemically by providing genuinely new, previously unimaginable experiences, while others bring about personal transformation by altering our values. Recent debates on transformative experiences have explored the challenges these experiences pose for ...
Adrian Kind
wiley   +1 more source

No one should die alone: “Just holding hands” among vigil volunteers in Denmark

open access: yesEthos, EarlyView.
Abstract A wealth of societal concerns about loneliness has surfaced in recent years, raising questions about the negative impacts of increasing social lacks. Exploring a widespread saying among Danish vigil volunteers that “No one should die alone,” we ask: What is at stake in this concern with lonely deaths? And how is relationality practiced at life'
Lone Grøn, Laura Skifter Andersen
wiley   +1 more source

Guises of Despair

open access: yes
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Béatrice Han‐Pile
wiley   +1 more source

Agreements to waive paternity

open access: yesFamily Court Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the legal and ethical status of agreements to waive paternity in cases of unintended pregnancies and contrasts them with legal regimes governing anonymous and known sperm donations. Although these scenarios often result in the same functional outcome—severance of the biological father's legal relationship with the child ...
Shahar Lifshitz
wiley   +1 more source

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