2023 - The Moralist Papers

Why You Should Mind Your Language

December 30, 2023 Madison Jay Hamilton 0

If you do not consider yourself a bad person—three out of four of you—you should mind your language and earnestly refrain from using bad language. Bad language makes you a bad person! Bad language is […]

What You Might Not Know About Good and Evil

December 9, 2023 Madison Jay Hamilton 0

Everyone gets it: Good and evil are polar opposites in the same way light and dark are polar opposites. We all love good, and we all hate evil, because good always leads to pleasant outcomes, […]

Was George Washington Likable?

September 6, 2023 Madison Jay Hamilton 0

I like George Washington. The first president of the United States is one of my top two Founding Fathers. The other one is the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. Anyone keeping up with […]

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Don’t Be the Person Who Would Rather Be Guilty Than Feel Guilty

May 3, 2023 Madison Jay Hamilton 1

Imagine yourself feeling guilty, or someone else making you feel guilty, about something you actually weren’t guilty of. Horrid, right? Imagine yourself, also, being guilty about something but not feeling guilty about it, or someone else […]

Beware of Confusing Others’ Opinions as Your Own

March 29, 2023 Madison Jay Hamilton 4

Few people seem to understand exactly what an opinion is. While you shouldn’t just take my word for it, you also shouldn’t waste your time trying to factcheck it—It’s just my opinion. To paraphrase Dictionary.com […]

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Why Sacrifice is the Most Important Concept in Life

February 19, 2023 Madison Jay Hamilton 3

Sacrifice—defined by Oxford Languages as “an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important, or worthy”—is arguably the most valuable concept in life. There is nothing good […]