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Why pleasure sucks
On settling for “fun” instead of happiness
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Susan B. Arico
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On becoming a villain
Vices and how they work
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Susan B. Arico
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Why care about intention, and death on the bridge
When the thing you thought was accidental turns out not to be
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Susan B. Arico

August 2024

What's a right anyway (and how do we know)?
No son, you don't have a right to dessert every night after dinner
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Susan B. Arico
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Friendship isn’t what you think it is
It’s more and better.
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Susan B. Arico
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Snow shoveling, and why we care for those closest to us
A tale about the Chapmans
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Susan B. Arico

July 2024

My unfortunate piano career and the 2 key questions to always ask
Why we need both "what is?" and "what is good?"
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Susan B. Arico
Why "hoarded gold" is not it
What Bilbo knows about instrumental goods
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Susan B. Arico
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Blue Trident, and my gum-chewing addiction
Why “what’s wrong with it?” isn’t the question
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Susan B. Arico
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June 2024

Ghosts in the Starbucks line
Disembodiment, and why it matters
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Susan B. Arico
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In praise of frosting? Or maybe not
Appetite isn't about food, it's about the drive to get what you want (now)
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Susan B. Arico
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May 2024

A road trip, and dodging the Great Tragedy of Our Time
How passivity murders flourishing
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Susan B. Arico
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