Back in December of 2011, I posted “Licensing Parents,” defending a view Hugh LaFollette had introduced into philosophical literature in 1980: that the state should license parents (LaFollette further defended…
This is the fourth (and likely last) post in a series that explains a little of what I try to do in my recent book, Toleration. The first post is…
This is the third, though much delayed, post in a series that explain a little of what I try to do in my recent book, Toleration. The first post is…
This is the second in a small series of posts that explain a little of what I try to do in my recent book, Toleration. The first post is here….
My book, Toleration, is now available so I thought I would write up a few posts related to it. This first post will also be up on Polity’s blog. For…
These should be of interest to our readers: Gregory Clark (UC-Davis Econ) in the NY Times about long term social mobility. One quote: “The fortunes of high-status families inexorably fall,…