April 18, 2017
Values-Only Voting?
The mean, median, and modal voter is badly informed, and as a result, votes for politicians and parties he would not support if only he were well-informed. As a result,…
April 14, 2017
The Syrian Bombings and Just War Theory, Part II
Our previous posts disclosed the central disagreement that Bas and I have regarding humanitarian intervention. Bas thinks that the commander’s ex ante decision to intervene can almost never be justified…
April 13, 2017
Jessica Flanigan’s “Hayek Lecture” at Duke
With thanks to Jonathan Anomaly for (as always) doing all the actual work and making all the important arrangements. Thanks also to Bruce Caldwell, for doing the Hayek Lecture Series…
April 13, 2017
Design, Complexity, and Freedom
Design, Autonomy, and Complexity I just got back from a grand rounds presentation with Neel Shah, a medical researcher and OB/GYN whose current research concerns overtreatment. One of the most…
April 10, 2017
Against Attacking Syria
Fernando supports the US attack on Syria, if tentatively. I’m (even) less sure. Like Fernando, I think that the moral questions involved are complex. Unfortunately, many commentators fall back on…
April 08, 2017
The Syrian Strikes and Just War Theory
On April 6 President Trump ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airbase ostensibly in retaliation for Al Assad’s lethal gassing of civilians three days earlier. Bas van der Vossen and…