<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 20:51:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@sjjohnson/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Naïve Anarchism: a Humbling Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of my justifications for anarchism has been that the horrors of the twentieth century were only possible because there existed the centralized institutions of power that the ideologues could grab hold]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@sjjohnson/naive-anarchism-a-humbling-story</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@sjjohnson/naive-anarchism-a-humbling-story</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sjjohnson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 21:22:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYNRsRio9m7FojAGcnHGhgdeica95Fa9bFqiakewgVD7kwpVaqF2kYTVp31r6Vtyd6pEpWHAxyt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Justice: a God Higher than Truth?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is most important to you? Years ago, my answer to that question was God, for I was very religious. In light of my belief system, this made sense – God should be the most important thing in my life.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@sjjohnson/social-justice-a-god-higher-than-truth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@sjjohnson/social-justice-a-god-higher-than-truth</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sjjohnson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:50:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeQSFWSPAYZnunBJiRUwXeMHrLkzn5KpqHXS2Fr4TkiCFembbjb6ZYCjUqVSqkHfoRB8sBm6WV6drquEhZ4jV945L?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On 'racism']]></title><description><![CDATA[The term 'racism' gets used in a variety of ways by different people, and those different senses of the word get conflated (that is to say, people switch from one use to another without noticing). In one]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@sjjohnson/on-racism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@sjjohnson/on-racism</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sjjohnson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2017 21:53:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBrWfYqAgpvMjWP7ECgaftsrRYF9FLDDZikcELUmY2tvjCKweuycvjxEe5RBscNMzr3NLs5c5sY6Ft4XDyJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Needs, wants, and happiness]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is only one thing we pursue as an end in itself. Everything else we pursue is a means to this end. That thing is happiness. We pursue happiness for its own sake. Everything else we do is ultimately]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@sjjohnson/needs-wants-and-happiness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@sjjohnson/needs-wants-and-happiness</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sjjohnson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2016 19:33:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2HeX3ZbobrcGJJWdAkVr6e32W9UAYExvaxjebifJPaEMqVrrvWPCcdXhwniZ8NN5XPxzr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[NVC and political correctness]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a follow-up to my recent article 'Political correctness: self-imposed mental slavery'. After reading a few responses, I want to take this opportunity to clarify my position and make a few additional]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@sjjohnson/nvc-and-political-correctness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@sjjohnson/nvc-and-political-correctness</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sjjohnson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2016 14:49:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BFm5pFgKoLMwsKZbU9Y8Aok5AFcRjX1A2VCSKMNKJBKdRiKcaRw57pPspMz4K8sLaFP7nnpBKHnWeMgP76orjruMb5iQXH7esZvgKG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonviolent communication: making life wonderful!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I haven't even finished reading Marshall Rosenberg's book 'Nonviolent communication: A Language of Life', but I am so excited by this idea that I wanted to share it with you. The basic idea, as I understand]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@sjjohnson/nonviolent-communication-making-life-wonderful</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@sjjohnson/nonviolent-communication-making-life-wonderful</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sjjohnson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 22:42:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pJD9LKQ1BFm5pFgKoLMwsKZbU9Y8Aok5AFcRjX1A2VCSKMNKJBKdRiKcaRw57pPspMz4K8sLaFP7nnpBKHnWeMgP76orjruMb5iQXH7esZvgKG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political correctness: self-imposed mental slavery]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let me begin by talking of my own personal experience. It does not pertain to what we generally call political correctness, but there is a clear parallel. I was raised in a very religious home, and had]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@sjjohnson/political-correctness-self-imposed-mental-slavery</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@sjjohnson/political-correctness-self-imposed-mental-slavery</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sjjohnson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 21:01:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqgtH9FEhD5F4X6iJgXXuMZCcNFKoqEdM3gwBLmMnrMN46UjaSUxRbwwhKwuoGyf2n4WHWq1fprfCoBH8CHLr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Naturalistic morality (an anarchist's perspective)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just over four years ago, having formerly been a devout Christian, my life was really shaken up as I became an atheist. I now faced the challenge of having to totally re-think my moral code. In particular,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@sjjohnson/naturalistic-morality-an-anarchist-s-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@sjjohnson/naturalistic-morality-an-anarchist-s-perspective</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sjjohnson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2016 14:57:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqgtH9FEhD5F4X6iJgXXuMZCcNFKoqEdM3gwBLmMnrMN46UjaSUxRbwwhKwuoGyf2n4WHWq1fprfCoBH8CHLr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello, it's me]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi! My name is Sam Johnson, and I am glad to be joining the steemit community. I am currently studying maths & philosophy at Oxford University, and I am also an atheist, a libertarian, and an]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@sjjohnson/hello-it-s-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@sjjohnson/hello-it-s-me</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sjjohnson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 20:18:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqgtH9FEhD5F4X6iJgXXuMZCcNFKoqEdM3gwBLmMnrMN46UjaSUxRbwwhKwuoGyf2n4WHWq1fprfCoBH8CHLr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Argument from Design]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is the teleological argument for the existence of God convincing? Here is my take [Note: I wrote this a while back, but I'm still proud of it, so I thought it would be a good first post for steemit!]]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@sjjohnson/on-the-argument-from-design</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@sjjohnson/on-the-argument-from-design</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sjjohnson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:28:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQiAB2kVD6tEZmmp8r6rKm3z56mt2gSt6t4qkFxDnDoFLdBAwW4xMGdVC46FddWyJYK8STStDFXrsb9ucnx87upS2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>