Philosophy for Life
Philosophy begins in wonder, Aristotle said, but it also begins with living, with the choices and problems and joys and suffering that make a human life. How can I be happy?
How can I forgive someone who really hurt me?
How should I choose a mate? Should infidelity end my marriage? Can I be blamed for what I feel?
A CUP OF WHY is meant to help you with all these tough questions,
and also invite you to wonder and take delight in the world.


Love is an Old Shoe
More nonsense has been written about love than about anything else except maybe toenail fungus. People say that love, which comes only once in a

Good Is Good Enough
“I want it all,” sang Queen, Bruce Springsteen, High School Musical, and many others. “Never settle” has 6.7 million hits on Google. “All or

Making Ethical Decisions
Most of the time, it’s pretty clear what’s right and what’s wrong. But sometimes it’s not. A famous example that promotes endless debate is the

Living with Uncertainty
Uncertainty is the lifeblood of the world. It feeds all growth, all hope, all dreams. The existential novelist John Barth saw life as absurd and

Friendship
By Eugene Schlossberger Friendship, said Epicurus, is the most important road to happiness: it “goes dancing round the world,” he says, calling us “to wake

Emotions and Personal Growth
How do you change particular emotions that create problems for you? How do you come to have emotions that make sense? Let’s start with two
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