Philosophy articles
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Everyday Philosophy: “Is there anything wrong with trauma dumping?”
I have a friend at work; she’s kind of a friend, but only ever a “work friend.” We have lunch together and get along, but nothing more. Lately, she’s started to spend our lunch breaks ‘trauma dumping’ on me. I don’t mind venting or offloading, but this is more than that. It’s too much. It makes me feel uncomfortable, and I find I don’t want to eat with her anymore. Is she wrong to dump trauma on me?” — Lisa, London Friendships are complicated. In some ways, the term “friend” is such a...
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‘Hellerball’: The philosophy behind Iowa baseball’s offense
Hellerball” is a common phrase players and fans use when Rick Heller is in charge of their baseball program. Given to him by Brett Douglas during his Northern Iowa coaching days, the term can have multiple meanings depending on who you ask. What most people think of when they hear Hellerball is seeing a baseball
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Everyday Philosophy: "Should I disinvite my bigoted friend from group trips?"
I have a group of cycling friends and we all go mountain biking together away about twice a year. I get on well with everyone apart from [one guy], who recently ruined the last trip for me by being antagonistic. He’s an ex-soldier and holds very right-wing views. I’m very liberal. Mike knows this and all through the weekend he kept saying slightly bigoted things about gay and trans folks and about migrants within earshot of me, trying to get me to bite. I didn’t but it did piss me off and...