Archive for September 3rd, 2008
Natural Law, Rothbard Style
If we look at my 3, we will see that a human being is a combination of essence, accidents, and subjective well-being or happiness. These correspond to his powers, habits, and acts. A distinctive ethics can be built by looking at any of these three things. If we choose to look at happiness/acts, we will [...]
Posted: September 3rd, 2008 under Philosophy, Political.
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Lawrence W. Reed on “Reform”
“Have you ever noticed how statists are constantly ‘reforming’ their own handiwork? Education reform. Health-care reform. Welfare reform. Tax reform. The very fact that they’re always busy ‘reforming’ is an implicit admission that they didn’t get it right the first 50 times.”
Posted: September 3rd, 2008 under Philosophy, Political.
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Re: Why Does Justice Have Good Consequences?
In previous posts I have made two statements: Rule utilitarianism is a practical concession to the limitations of our intelligence. Suppose you are an act utilitarian (AU). You strive to maximize happiness, and one day you notice that your actions follow a pattern; they are lawlike. You can be said thereby to be a rule [...]
Posted: September 3rd, 2008 under Philosophy, Political.
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