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December 29, 2017December 30, 2017 on Philosophy through Film

The Shakeable Moral Ground in Wonder Woman (2017)

Introduction I was shocked and breathless but also with great excitement at the scene where Wonder Woman first appeared in Batman v Superman. As her empowering theme song started to play, almost everyone in the theater applauded. Some even could not hold but let their “Ohhhhh” let loose. People welcomed Wonder Woman. Being one among …

August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 on Philosophy through Game

Vault 11: A Story of Democracy, Random Persecution, and Obedience

I happened to give the Fallout series a try. The video game series started in 1997, but it was until this year 2017 that I began to play Fallout 4 (released in 2015). The game was beyond my expectation of what defines a good game. It has an interesting storyline, fantastic game mechanism, and a …

August 13, 2017August 14, 2017 on General

Norwegian Wood, Life, Death and Sex

I once had a girl Or should I say She once had me? I heard about both the song Norwegian Wood by the Beatles and the novel by Murakami long ago. During my young age, the song to me was… meh (I was no Beatles fan, and even now, I am not). The novel, as …

April 26, 2017August 13, 2017 on Philosophy through Film

Children of Men: On Contemporary World Politics (1)

Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men (2006) struck me deeply in many aspects. Eleven years after its release, I finally decided to watch Children of Men for leisure. It was neither entertaining nor relaxing. As I attempted to pick a movie for my leisure of temporarily fleeing from the cruel reality I am experiencing, Children of Men …

February 21, 2017December 28, 2017 on Philosophy through Game tagged human, humanity, the last of us

The Last of Humanity

I examine the question “What is it like to be a human?” by exploring the opposite direction: “What is it like to not be a human?” Through the game The Last of Us, I approach the big question from the disciplines of biology, sociology, environmentalism and moral theories.

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