August 23, 2016
Follow Me On Twitter @jasonfbrennan
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August 23, 2016
Are Ethicists More Moral than Others? What’s the Purpose of Moral Theory?
[Unrelated news: I joined twitter. Follow me @jasonfbrennan ] While I am saintly in word and deed, it looks like moral philosophers are not especially moral, as compared to…
August 21, 2016
The Conservative Argument for Democracy
In my view, what’s the most troubling argument against my view? I’m not impressed by any of the deontological arguments for democracy. But here’s a type of consequentialist objection which I’m…
August 20, 2016
Against Democracy Now in Kindle
250 pages of cold, hard, uncomfortable, and irreverent truth now available in e-book format here.
August 18, 2016
Schleisser contra Brennan on Epistocracy, Sort Of
Eric Schleisser considers himself a fierce critic of Brennanism. I’m not so sure he his, because he often seems to be arguing against positions that are closely related to mine,…
August 18, 2016
What if we just replaced the current immigration system with Trump’s ideology test?
I ask that question at Marketwatch today: As a TV celebrity, Donald Trump made a career out of pretending to be more successful than he really is. Now, as…