Roger Nowosielski

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• 59 An Ethic of Virtue and the Modern Condition, Part I

  Most human relationships are in essence moral relationships. And if they’re not moral, then they’re not relationships, but mere transactions masquerading as the real.

  Opinion in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on Jan 13, 2012

• 58 Reflections on Class, Class Consciousness, and OWS

  Class happens when some men, as a result of common experiences (inherited or shared), feel and articulate the identity of their interests as between themselves, and as against other men whose interests are different from (and usually opposed to) theirs.

  Opinion in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on Dec 25, 2011

• 57 OWS: The Prospects

  It’s my considered opinion that unless OWS becomes injected with a brand-new life force and spirit, it has pretty much exhausted itself by now.

  Opinion in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on Nov 30, 2011

• 56 Quo Vadis, Domine?

  “In the end we lost the battle too.” “What?” “I mean the victory belongs to the peasants, not to us."

  Opinion in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on Nov 24, 2011

• 55 Moral Language and its Grammar: An Exercise in Wittgensteinian Logic

  What we’re going through right now, both in America and throughout the West, isn’t just any economic or political crisis but a moral crisis first and foremost. Get with it and act accordingly!

  Opinion in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on Nov 12, 2011

• 54 Ethics, Politics and Emotion

  What is justice? The one question that’s coextensive with humanity’s lifespan, a question which shall forever be asked and forever remain relevant.

  Opinion in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on Nov 05, 2011

• 53 Protest, Protest Forever!

  Protest is the message and the physical spaces which are being reclaimed, the medium. The end result is the process.

  Opinion in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on Oct 25, 2011

• 52 Satire: Animal Farm Revisited, An Interlude

  An one-act play Concerning “Tactician” (the compound commander),a gossip monger called “Troublemaker,” and a little piglet named “Squealer”

  Satire in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on Oct 19, 2011

• 51 The New York Autumn

  If “Occupy America” only stays on message and doesn’t succumb to putting forth demands or an articulated platform, the days of the one percent are over and a new beginning is at hand.

  Opinion in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on Oct 10, 2011

• 50 Community Organizer's Toolkit, an Adjunct to Mao's Little Red Book (Part III)

  Altruism is a touchy-feely kind of term. If evolutionary science is to posit it as a viable alternative to that which drives human progress, it must do better.

  Opinion in Politics — by Roger Nowosielski — on Oct 02, 2011