There’s “Fair,” and then there’s “Fair”
Professor Mondo has a recent post on a topic of particular interest to me: our disparate underlying conceptions of the meaning of “fairness.” (The Professor and I also share an appreciation of Richard...
View ArticleConsistency Check: Torture, Abortion, & the Individual Mandate
It’s easy to take an indignant moral position on a single issue. “Torture is wrong.” “Abortion is wrong.” “Coerced transactions are wrong.” Such positions aren’t rare, and thus not particularly...
View Article“What’s the constitution among friends?”
Contemporary political cynicism is nothing new under the sun. Here are some of the juicy bits from George Washington Plunkitt’s caustic and hilarious political rhetoric in The Curse of Civil Service...
View ArticleThere’s “Fair,” and then there’s “Fair”
Professor Mondo has a recent post on a topic of particular interest to me: our disparate underlying conceptions of the meaning of “fairness.” (The Professor and I also share an appreciation of Richard...
View ArticleConsistency Check: Torture, Abortion, & the Individual Mandate
It’s easy to take an indignant moral position on a single issue. “Torture is wrong.” “Abortion is wrong.” “Coerced transactions are wrong.” Such positions aren’t rare, and thus not particularly...
View Article“What’s the constitution among friends?”
Contemporary political cynicism is nothing new under the sun. Here are some of the juicy bits from George Washington Plunkitt’s caustic and hilarious political rhetoric in The Curse of Civil Service...
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