Author Archives: Andreas Moser
The face that says “Oops, what did I do?”
“If only there had been a waiting period”, James Holmes is thinking.
The Prize for the President with the Best Hat
The prize for the president with the best hat goes to Salva Kiir Mayardit from South Sudan. Goodluck Jonathan from Nigeria is second. And lastly, credit where credit is due, George Bush junior looking like straight out of an old … Continue reading
Punishment and Liberalism
The following essay was part of the second year of my MA in Philisophy and set out to examine which problems criminal punishment poses for liberalism, especially in view of John Rawls‘ theory of punishment in “A Theory of Justice”. This … Continue reading
John Rawls: “A Theory of Justice” versus his later works
This essay was part of the second year of my MA in Philosophy and concentrated on the work of one philosopher exclusively: John Rawls. If you haven’t read any of his work, I would advise against reading this essay. There will … Continue reading
A Bed on the Roof
Yesterday when I visited Užupis (more about this part of Vilnius later), I spotted two houses which both had an old bedframe on the roof. Is this used as kind of an antenna? Or is it the place for the … Continue reading
James Holmes: Could we have known it before?
After the midnight movie massacre in Aurora, Colorado, a frequently raised question is: Were there any warning signs in the person of James Holmes? Could we have known before that he was up to something sinister? Let’s look at what … Continue reading
No wonder I am afraid of going to the dentist
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After Aurora, Two Questions for the Gun Lobby
Dear defenders of gun ownership in America, I have gotten used to the fact that in your interpretation, the 2nd amendment to the Bill of Rights dating from 1791 and reading “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of … Continue reading
Vilnius Cathedral at Night
Yesterday evening, I went for a walk around Vilnius and I was threefold lucky: I came past Vilnius Cathedral exactly at dusk, there were beautiful clouds, and I had my camera with me. Here is the result: I am not a … Continue reading
The most useful record in the Guinness Book of Records
When I was young, I had a Guinness Book of Records from my mother’s childhood, sometime in the 1950s or 1960s. Back then, it was still an interesting and informative book to read. The records included the highest mountain, the highest building, … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 