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I Found A Reason To Live

I Found A Reason To Live

November 7, 2024November 17, 2024
Michael Macneil
I suffered from Manic Depression for three years of my life, during which I tried to commit suicide three times. I was reminded of this in the last week when talking to a friend who was struggling, so... Read More
Skinner's Utopia

Skinner’s Utopia

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Michael Macneil
(This was originally two chained footnotes I had to remove from my book to meet the word limit, the thesis with the notes in context, is found here.) Skinner presented his utopian vision in his novel ... Read More
How President Biden Completely Missed the Point

How President Biden Completely Missed the Point

March 30, 2024March 30, 2024
Michael Macneil
Although it was a couple of weeks ago now, the US ‘State of the Union’ address on Thursday 7th Mar 2024 was, to me as a foreigner observing US politics very closely, a high watermark of partisan a... Read More
Postmodernism, Relativism and Post-postmodernist Modernity

Postmodernism, Relativism and Post-postmodernist Modernity

July 23, 2023March 25, 2024
Michael Macneil
After the radical cultural upheavals of the twentieth century, a radical reassessment and a realignment within culture seemed inevitable and no more than in the philosophical academy where the major c... Read More
Ukraine - What We Do Not Hear About

Ukraine – What We Do Not Hear About

March 20, 2022March 20, 2022
Michael Macneil
As the COVID crisis “recedes” – at least in some parts of the world where ‘living with COVID’ is trying to wrestle its way into a brainwashed public consciousness (witnessed by the number of... Read More
The Death of the Modern University in the COVID Era (but it has been going on for a while)

The Death of the Modern University in the COVID Era (but it has been going on for a while)

December 20, 2020December 20, 2020
Michael Macneil
(The grammar and style might seem a little strange in this article as I have strained to avoid using the masculine and feminine pronouns to keep things as anonymous as possible) I have just had a supe... Read More
The Case for Universal Basic Income in the COVID Era

The Case for Universal Basic Income in the COVID Era

December 10, 2020December 20, 2020
Michael Macneil
“Recent Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang hinged his entire campaign on the idea of a true universal basic income where every American over the age of 18 would receive US$1,000 every... Read More
The Death of Amnesty International

The Death of Amnesty International

December 8, 2020December 20, 2020
Michael Macneil
Now I am not easily shocked these days, but something I read yesterday really did shock me. The CEO of Amnesty International Ireland, Colm O’Gorman has signed an open letter published in Gay Communi... Read More
The Problem of Evil

The Problem of Evil

April 26, 2015December 26, 2020
Michael Macneil
The Logical Problem of Evil if God is Good, Omnipotent and Omniscient – How Can He Allow Evil? John Polkinghorne in developing the scientifically responsible apologetic that he has spent his pos... Read More
For C.G Jung, the process of individuation is a spiritual journey or pilgrimage

For C.G Jung, the process of individuation is a spiritual journey or pilgrimage

December 3, 2010December 30, 2020
Michael Macneil
I had the privilege of being taught by Professor Lucy Huskinson who is one of the top Jungian scholars.  Her Psychology of Religion course was one of the most challenging (as she provided masses of r... Read More
Does religion hinder or enable psychological health?

Does religion hinder or enable psychological health?

March 6, 2008December 30, 2020
Michael Macneil
This was an undergraduate essay for a Psychology of Religion module.  I “wandered off the script” in writing this essay which was primarily supposed to be contrasting Freud’s and Ju... Read More

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