Max Jackson

What Love Could Cost

from cannibal cultists to colonizers to the modern western self, none of us are God. we should accept that relief.

Dec 25 • Max Jackson

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What Civilization Are We Talking About?

Twenty-Two Thoughts on Civilizational Confidence and the US-EU Relationship

Dec 7 • Max Jackson

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October 2025

The Problem with Salvation by Humiliation

How my foundation became my cage, and what happened next

Oct 20 • Max Jackson

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Why We Still Need "Sin," Even If You Don't Believe in God

A Secular Case for Grace and Responsibility

Oct 5 • Max Jackson

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August 2025

The Warm Demander

Cruelty, compassion, collusion - what does real help look like?

Aug 25 • Max Jackson

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The Good Son's Revenge

What Nietzsche and Jesus both get right about ressentiment

Aug 6 • Max Jackson

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July 2025

Nietzsche’s Lost Portrait of Christ

Jesus, Nietzsche, Recovery - all three saying Yes to everything

Jul 31 • Max Jackson

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Case Notes: Your Past Is on the Guest List

A story about telling a new story

Jul 29 • Max Jackson

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Concept Clinic: Nietzsche's "Active Forgetting"

Insights from a thinker not typically associated with "serenity"

Jul 24 • Max Jackson

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Concept Clinic: "Aufhebung"

The cancel-preserve-elevate secret behind truth-telling transformation

Jul 22 • Max Jackson

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Principles Before Positionalities

Alcoholics Anonymous in the Age of Moral Performance

Jul 15 • Max Jackson

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Do Relationships Need Freedom Too?

Autonomy, Attachment, and the Tragedy of Finitude

Jul 4 • Max Jackson