Tag: political theory

Abstract window-frame opening onto a shifting horizon, hinting at changing boundaries of discourse

Considering the Shift of the Overton Window

The Overton Window isn’t a fixed pane but a living frame that shapes what a society can see, say, and imagine. Tracing its shifts reveals our collective identity—and our responsibility within it.

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Cover artwork (cover.png) for the article titled The Canyon Between Ideals and Reality: Manmade Morality, Ethics, and the Machinery of Order.

The Canyon Between Ideals and Reality: Manmade Morality, Ethics, and the Machinery of Order

There is a vast and often invisible canyon between the ethical ideals we claim to uphold and the lived reality of power, law, and social order. This post explores how our morals, ethics, and legal systems are not eternal truths, but manmade constructions—malleable, political, and often weaponized. To live ethically in a world built on contradictions requires more than belief; it demands confrontation, courage, and the refusal to look away.

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