August 12, 2014
The Unicorn Test
It is striking how often my friends on the left have in mind the practical equivalent of a unicorn when they make policy pronouncements. So I wrote about this, for…
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August 06, 2014
Collision With Error
For “Friedman Legacy Day” I gave a talk over in Wilmington, NC. My thesis was that higher education has a problem with intellectual diversity, and that the real drawback with…
July 29, 2014
The Gun Control Debate in One Advertisement
This disturbing video is worth watching, because I think it encapsulates much of the consequentalist side of American gun control debate: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUAL6ie1ufc] Gun control proponents think: More and better gun…
July 28, 2014
Rand and the Drowning Child
UPDATE 1: It’s probably worth reading this article by Feinberg, which explains why self-interest ≠ whatever you happen to care about. See also the “Further Update” below before making a…
July 24, 2014
Rand, Egoism, and Rights: To Be Clear
I recently wrote the following: Rand’s [moral] theory does forbid human sacrifice, but only contingently. Ethical egoists are committed to the view that if raping, dismembering, and murdering some other…
July 23, 2014
BHL Goes to Brasil?
A story (in Portuguese, but you can easily translate it) from Brasil about U.S. libertarianism. And, quite rightly, BHL-ists figure prominently in the discussion. Excerpt (of a bad translation): According…