July 02, 2016
Virtue and the Limits of Knowledge
I’m glad we are having this discussion about virtue and libertarianism. In general outline, I’m fine with the general thesis Sorens and Ruger propound that virtue and liberty are compatible…
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June 20, 2016
Demagogues and Democracy; Trump and Epistocracy
Zócalo Public Square has discussion today on democracies and the problem of demagogues. Here’s my piece. Excerpt: In a well-functioning democracy, elites and the people keep each other in check. To some…
June 17, 2016
Death, and How Not To “Argue” Against Neoliberalism
I recently reviewed an excellent collection of papers on death and immortality (Michael Cholbi’s *Immortality and the Philosophy of Death*) for Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Nestled among the papers on…
May 18, 2016
Democracy and Political Ignorance, Second Edition
Stanford University press has published the 2nd Edition of Ilya Somin’s Democracy and Political Ignorance. The first edition was an excellent work, with a concise overview of the phenomenon, powerful rebuttals to…
May 18, 2016
Stanley on Free Market Ideology
UPDATE: Make sure to read the comments posted below from Stanley, who claims I’ve misunderstood the thesis of this essay. His comments are entirely reasonable. In re-reading his essay after…
April 20, 2016
Review of Markets without Limits at NDPR
Jonathan Anomaly reviews Markets without Limits at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. In addition to providing an excellent and useful summary of the main moves the the book, Anomaly argues that Jaworski and…