Ordinarily, when we think about disagreement, we think about disagreeing with others. Interpersonal disagreement is essentially about dissimilarity, but what would it mean for the self to be dissimilar? For Heidegger, care is the structure of Dasein, and the structure of care is the “ahead-of-itself.” For Sartre, the self is separated from its being by the nothingness positioned between the two. Modern existentialism rests on the proposition that we are perpetually other than ourselves, but what is disagreement aside from otherness? This paper draws on Heidegger’s existential analytic of Dasein’s care and Sartre’s writing on negation, especially as it pertains to care, to propose a reconstruction of intrapersonal disagreement that is grounded deeply in the phenomenological ontology of primarily Heidegger and Sartre.

Climate change is an issue which has come to the forefront of society. It not only presents the possibility of major-irreversible shifts in the climate system, but leads to questions about how nations will cope with its impacts. The threats posed by climate change has led to global recognition of the need to mitigate and adapt to it through international cooperation and state policy. This paper examines the factors impacting climate change policy implementation in Iran and Afghanistan. While Iran, which is known for its insular nature and reliance on oil for economic growth, has implemented few policies, Afghanistan, despite the turmoil being experienced within the state, has made more political commitments towards combating climate change. This analysis explores the determinants of climate policy in Iran and Afghanistan, and compares the two cases through a comparative lens, due to their similar geographies and politics in order to better understand generalized factors affecting policy implementation. This study will first examine the climate policies in the two regimes, go on to determine what factors account for the difference in policies, and examine whether these factors coincide with factors discovered by previous studies.

Progressive criminal justice policies are widely considered by experts to move the criminal justice system forward. This project will focus on the debate surrounding abolishing capital punishment, implementing bail reform, and implementing drug decriminalization, three progressive policies thought to bring about reform. This study will address the question of how college students in a justice oriented academic institution perceive progressive criminal justice policies compared to college students in a non-justice oriented academic institution, and will seek to address the role justice education has in shaping these views. Surveys will be sent to three different groups: criminal justice majors at John Jay, non-criminal justice majors at John Jay, and all majors at College of Staten Island. By surveying these three groups, this study intends to determine the effects of a justice education on perceptions of these progressive criminal justice policies.