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Decluttering expert Marie Kondo recommends letting go of books that no longer has value, and as an avid reader who actually doesn’t mind giving my books a “new home,” I have often found that it’s often difficult to find simple avenues to do just that. But now, there’s hope: a new startup, Bookends, homegrown in the UAE, offers a digital platform to buy and sell secondhand books, with shipping and delivery available all over the UAE. Founded by Somia Anwar and Grace Karim, the duo’s love for nourishing their kids’ reading habits ignited the motivation to launch a platform for affordable used books in the UAE. “As moms, we have always encouraged our kids to read more,” Karim says. “New books are expensive, and kids outgrow them very quickly. They need new books that cost a lot of money, and w
Though hypocrites seemingly relinquish their moral authority, the trial against Socrates shows us that our favoritism for public figures is stronger than our judgments of their hypocrisy
President Donald Trump plays a round of golf on July 15, 2018 in Turnberry, Scotland. Leon Neal/Getty Images
Donald Trump has spent a lot of time on golf courses during his presidency.
That may come across as hypocritical if many of us consider how Trump criticized Barack Obama for playing golf during his presidency instead of attending to the country’s needs.
Such hypocritical behaviour, of course, is not unique to one politician or political party.
Raman Sachdev is a Visiting Instructor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of South Florida. He teaches philosophy, and he leads discussion-based classes at the university s Judy Genshaft Honors College, where he has created and instituted unique courses like Mental Illness, Suicide, and Moral Responsibility and Music and the Emotions/Music and the Screen.
Raman earned his Ph.D. from USF in 2019, and his research specializations include the history of philosophy, early modern philosophy, and skepticism. Prior to earning his Ph.D., Raman attained a Bachelors degree in philosophy from Loyola University Chicago. Then he earned a Masters in the Humanities degree from The University of Chicago, where he wrote a creative thesis on songwriting and music production.