Freedom of Speech
Paul McKeever has a post on Freedom and the Proper Regulation of Speech in which he claims that it is the role of government to outlaw speech that denies individuals control over their life, liberty...
View ArticleTerrorism and moral outrage
In my last post, I wrote about political outrage among the public (directed at the politicians) in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on Mumbai and why it is unjustified (Ramesh has a long post on a...
View ArticleCharity
Just as I began writing this post, I saw this short piece by Kendall J. There is an idea that I’ve heard repeated at various times in my life, that there is not enough charitable feeling in naturally...
View ArticleAnarchism
I was following the comments on this post and wrote a response that turned out to be long enough for a post. So here goes: Here is my principled (not utilitarian) argument [against anarchism]. To...
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