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Aydasara Ortega articles

Aydasara Ortega Torres writes for Democracy Chronicles from New York. She is a Faculty Member of Psychology at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. Also take a look at her website for more of her work.

On Emotions and Facts and the Evidence Within

August 19, 2015 by Aydasara Ortega Leave a Comment

Evidence Within

After the Holocaust, the survivors truly believed that when the ‘world’ saw what had happened to them, surely it would never happen again. But it did… There is much work to be done by all of us to make those words a reality.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Election History, Racism and Prejudice

On Right and Wrong in the Particular Context of an Act

August 7, 2015 by Aydasara Ortega Leave a Comment

On Right and Wrong

How can we tell what is moral from what is not? Is there something within us that lets us know? Is the difference between right and wrong free from situationism: the particular context of an act?

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Dictatorships, Political Dissidents

The Fluidity of Meaning in the Realm of the Social

July 27, 2015 by Aydasara Ortega Leave a Comment

The Fluidity of Meaning

One important thing to remember is that the meaning of words – what they come to signify – needs to be understood in context. Meaning is always part of specific social and theoretical dynamics that condition the sense we give to words.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Colonialism, Election History, Racism and Prejudice

Recognizing Fallacies: Freedom of Thought

July 10, 2015 by Aydasara Ortega Leave a Comment

Fallacies On Freedom of Thought

We would not become who we are by ourselves. It is through the interaction with others – e.g. family, peers, educational and religious institutions – that we are always becoming. In every society, ways of life – e.g. moral standards, sets of laws and knowledge – direct us.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Journalism and Free Speech

Love Wins: On the Redefinition of Marriage

June 29, 2015 by Aydasara Ortega 1 Comment

Marriage Love Wins

The recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in the redefinition of marriage is the result of a dynamic cultural, social, historical process of constant redefining and questioning of the way we organize ourselves and co-exist as human beings

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Democracy Protests, LGBT People and Democracy, Religion and Democracy, South America, Supreme Court

On Social Consciousness and the Perception of Difference

June 16, 2015 by Aydasara Ortega Leave a Comment

On Social Consciousness

Social awareness, indignation, and compassion do not begin in any one’s singular, isolated consciousness. These move toward each one of us from everyone everywhere, gather strength within us and lift us up beyond ourselves.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Capitalism and Big Business, Colonialism, LGBT People and Democracy, Socialism and Labor

On Healthcare: Way of Life Versus Social Structure

May 26, 2015 by Aydasara Ortega 1 Comment

On Healthcare

The continuous discussion regarding health disproportions worldwide covers various diverse aspects, one of which is the debate between way of life versus social structure; free will and determinism face each other.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Capitalism and Big Business, Worldwide

On Affective Revolution: On Moral Reasoning and Action

May 4, 2015 by Aydasara Ortega 1 Comment

On Affective Revolution

Our feeling of empathy can lead us adversely, as a craving for reckoning stemming from it is characteristically unconcerned with consequences and more concerned with reciprocity: in response to affable actions, people are often much nicer and more cooperative

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Religion and Democracy

Is a College Education Necessary For Work in America?

April 8, 2015 by Aydasara Ortega 1 Comment

College Education Necessary

Many wonder how a college education is so crucial for obtaining a job. I mean, don’t we learn by doing? Can’t we teach ourselves? What is job training for?

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Capitalism and Big Business, Education, Noam Chomsky

Page Turned: Looking Deeper Into Overruling Ideologies

March 26, 2015 by Aydasara Ortega Leave a Comment

overruling ideologies

Why don’t we encourage ourselves and others to welcome and consider diverse points of view, partake in critical thinking, and acutely and honestly look deeper into the overruling ideologies that ruled our collective past?

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Africa, African-American Voting Rights, Colonialism, Election History, Political Artwork

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