September 19, 2016
Gary Johnson Slightly Helps Hillary Clinton
The reporting on the presidential race keeps reporting the effect of Gary Johnson and Jill Stein together; the net effect of the switch from a Clinton-Trump race to a 4-way…
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December 11, 2015
Thoughts on Munger on Locke on Trump on Religion
Two replies to Mike’s post below. First, and less important: I am no longer persuaded that Locke’s “mufti” passage, or the general discussion of foreign princes, is meant to convey…
April 28, 2015
Folk ideal theory in action
“People aren’t supposed to burn buildings, destroy property, trash cars, break windows, or vandalize buildings, so when I see those things happen I immediately know that I can criticize them…
November 16, 2014
CFP: The Scope of Religious Exemptions (New Abstract Deadline: December 1st)
We are extending the deadline for submitting abstracts for BGSU’s conference on the scope of religious exemptions until December 1st, 2014. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics…
June 11, 2014
Well, then.
To my right: an economist whose CV is filled with Ayn Rand, Cato, Adam Smith, and studies of the moral foundations of markets… who won a primary with Ann Coulter-endorsed…
August 27, 2013
There is no Second Law
The other night I was watching Burn Notice, my favorite spy show. Our long suffering protagonist Michael Westen had just found out that after he spent 7 long seasons trying…