by Robert Higgs. For thousands of years, philosophers have argued that society must invest great power in the rulers because only great power can hold back the forces of evil—violence, plunder, and disorder. They have often conceded, of course, that this solution does have an unfortunate aspect, namely, that with great power, the rulers themselves ... MORE
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Showing posts with label philosophy. Show all posts
The Power Of The State Vs The Power Of Love
by Robert Higgs. For thousands of years, philosophers have argued that society must invest great power in the rulers because only great power can hold back the forces of evil—violence, plunder, and disorder. They have often conceded, of course, that this solution does have an unfortunate aspect, namely, that with great power, the rulers themselves ... MORERobert Zurbin: Imposing Misery By Environmental Devotion
Green anti-humanism. On February 11, 2013, the Denver Post ran a guest commentary of great clinical interest. In the piece in question, Colorado State University philosophy professor Philip Cafaro advanced the argument that immigration needs to be sharply cut, because otherwise people from Third World nations will come to the United States and ... MOREKent McManigal: Following Orders Is NOT Honorable
Don't become a mindless tool. There is no good in following orders. None. To pretend this personality defect is a sign of an "honorable person" is disgusting and dishonest. Any idiot can manage to follow orders. It takes a real human to
evaluate those orders, and decide if they should be followed or ignored.
Or even to decide if the one giving the orders ... MORETibor Machan: On Rape And Pragmatism
Principles in the age of the pragmatist. Something not often noted in the discussion of rape across the globe is that in an age that prizes pragmatism
as opposed to firm principles of conduct, even rape can be excused
based on the expected benefit to the rapist versus injury to the victim. If one doesn't care about the basic principle of consent, ... MORETibor Machan: It's All About Choices, Stupid
Associations should be voluntary. There is a phony conflict afoot that statists are fond of bringing up when they try to discredit the free society. It is about the individual versus the community. Champions of human liberty are often mis-characterized as denying the significance of human community life. As if individualists advocated that ... MOREThomas Sowell: Nice Losers
Mitt Romney now joins the long list of the kinds of presidential candidates favored by the Republican establishment -- nice, moderate losers, people with no coherently articulated vision, despite how many ad hoc talking points they may have. The list of Republican presidential candidates like this goes back at least as far as 1948, when ... MORENathan Vardi: Obama Win Makes Wall Street The Big Loser
Market looks to future with dread. In October, Wall Street hosted a rich fundraiser at the Hilton New York
for Mitt Romney. Hedge fund, private equity and investment banking big
shots were among the nearly 200 co-chairs of the event that cost $1,000
to attend. Those who shelled out $5,000 got to leave with a photo with
vice-presidential hopeful Paul Ryan, ... MOREJay Nordlinger: The People's Choice
“Mitt Romney: Not one of us.” That was the slogan of an Obama ad. And, yes, Mitt Romney is not one of
us. Who’s “us”? Whoever we are, or they are, Romney isn’t one of them.
And I’m not either. Fine with me, in a way. I don’t think much of
Obama’s “us.” I’m very sorry that Obama has won again, because I think he’s a bad
president, and I’ve also come to think ... MOREOnkar Ghate: A Liberal Ayn Rand?
Maybe liberals should think a little more long term. It's no secret that the right is awash in Ayn Rand. Tea Partiers
carry signs like "Who is John Galt?" and, astonishing for a novel
published 55 years ago, sales of Atlas Shrugged topped 445,000 last year. All of this has prompted researchers like Yale historian Beverly Gage to wonder, "Why is there no liberal ... MOREPresident Obama Jabs At Ayn Rand, Knocks Himself Out
by Wendy Milling. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, President Obama stated, “Ayn Rand is one of those things that a lot of us, when we were 17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood, we’d pick up.” I’m not trying to mock the President here – he is just repeating an old propaganda line that was hatched by Rand’s opponents – but I have to ask the “adults” ... MORE
Ron Paul: The Internet Revolution Is A Liberty Revolution
LibertyPen is just one of the cogs. Until the late 1990s, individuals interested in Austrian economics, U.S. constitutional history, and libertarian philosophy had few sources of information. They had to spend hours scouring used book stores or the back pages of obscure libertarian periodicals to find the great works of Mises, Rothbard, Hayek, and other giants ... MOREVIDEO: The Morality Of Using Force To Distribute Wealth
Philip DeFranco is uncomfortable thinking about government and morality.
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