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Happy Independence Day5 comments

Marius Ostrowski wrote 1 day ago: We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by t … more →

Tags: News & Current Affairs, Politics, Robert Nozick, Utilitarianism, USA, Declaration of Independence, libertarianism, Independence Day, July 4

Palin Resigns (ZOMG?!)4 comments

matttbastard wrote 1 day ago: by matttbastard Shorter: “You won’t have Palin to kick around any more!” … more →

Tags: Alaska, backlash politics, Class, GOP, History, Nixonland, Politics, Race, Resignation

The Problem With Power 2 comments

KevinCK wrote 3 days ago: In a letter to a friend, the historian and political theorist Lord Acton wrote: Power tends to corru … more →

Tags: Politics, blagojevich, Lord Acton, absolute power, corruption, Monica Conyers, Mark Sanford

Liberty and Foreign Policy4 comments

James E-J wrote 3 days ago: An issue that has kept me at a distance from a more doctrinaire libertarian politics is the issue of … more →

Tags: Anarchy, Contract, deontology, Foreign Policy, libertarianism, military, Rights, Utilitarianism

Defense of Gay Marriage

Dwight Furrow wrote 3 days ago: Philosopher Martha Nussbaum has a wonderful, comprehensive defense of gay marriage, concise and deva … more →

Tags: Culture, Dwight Furrow's Posts, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Martha Nussbaum on gay marriage

The Greatest Canadians Ever, Eh!

jtoddring wrote 4 days ago: Reflections on Canadian Nationalism While I am not a fan of nationalism in the narrow sense of “us v … more →

Tags: Canada, canadian, Canadian Politics, Civil Liberties, Common Ground, Consciousness, corporatism, corporatocracy, Crisis of democracy

Saving Democracy in the Honduran 'Coup'

burwellstark wrote 5 days ago: http://tinyurl.com/nhdytr What is being billed as the “first military coup in Central America since … more →

Tags: Central America, South America, Socialism, Marxism

Is the Concept of State Neutrality on “the Good Life” Coherent?4 comments

B. P. Hayek wrote 5 days ago: This is a question to which I have devoted a rather significant amount of thought over the years, ma … more →

Tags: ethics, Philosophy

Εθνικοσοσιαλισμός του Λ.Τρότσκι - 1933

Evangelos Axiotis wrote 5 days ago: Άνθρωποι με απλοϊκή σκέψη πιστεύουν ότι η βασιλική ιδιότητα βρίσκεται στο πρόσωπο του βασιλιά, στο μ … more →

Why the Government Doesn't Work

Punchinello wrote 6 days ago: Back when I was a little child, filled with questions and wonder, I asked my pop, “Daddy? How … more →

Tags: Surely a Jest?, cap and trade tax, Government Regulation

Morty's Question of the Week (#2)

Mort the Sport wrote 6 days ago: The back story: This question should be filed under political philosophy because, having read Marx, … more →

Tags: Morty's Question of the Week, communism

Principled Action: Keep alive in your hearts

Maureen Flynn-Burhoe wrote 1 week ago: “Keep alive in your hearts the feeling of confidence that the light of knowledge will inevit … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Power and everyday life, My Reviews, Economy & Finance, Business & Finance, wealth disparities will intensify, Religion and Politics, Social History Timeline, Meta-ethics

"Freedom, Reason & Wealth in India & the West": A course I designed but am yet to teach

drsubrotoroy wrote 1 week ago: Preface June 28 2009:  Sometime in the last decade (probably about 2001 or 2002),while a “full … more →

Tags: Academic economics, Academic Research, Asia and the West, athenian democracy, BR Shenoy, Britain in India, British History, British Imperialism, C Rajagopalachari

The Family and the State: Banning the Burqa2 comments

Alderson Warm-Fork wrote 1 week ago: The French government has announced plans to make the wearing of burqas or other face-coverings in F … more →

Tags: anarchism, Burqas, Feminism, France, hijâb, Niqabs, Statehood

Why the Catholic Position on Homosexual Marriage Is Not Mere Bigotry (But Still Is Mistaken)18 comments

gcallah wrote 1 week ago: by Gene Callahan “Summum autem bonum si ignoratur, vivendi rationem ignorari necesse est. … more →

Tags: Philosophy, ethics, Gay Marriage

The Conservative Case for Supporting Gay Marriage (Part 1)1 comment

stackiii wrote 1 week ago: Over here on the Right side of the ideological spectrum, we find ourselves asking the Left for consi … more →

Tags: Politics, Philosophy, logic, ethics. philosophy, legislature, Judiciary, State and local, ethics, libertarianism

Natural Philosophy: 004

OM Consulting Ltd wrote 1 week ago: McPhail, A.V.H. (2009), Neomodernism. Lucid Press. Poneke, Aotearoa. Natural Philosophy: 004. I Neo … more →

Tags: Cooperation, Natural Philosophy, Etiquette, Statehood, Statecraft, Statesmen

Who Is The State?2 comments

Christopher Cocca wrote 1 week ago: You may have seen my open note to Barack Obama a few posts ago.  This question of Iranian sovereignt … more →

Tags: writing, Freedom, Iran, Sovereignty

Part 8: Liberalism and Commodification1 comment

Alderson Warm-Fork wrote 1 week ago: In my last post I argued that the ideology typical of those with the most to lose, those dominant wi … more →

Tags: communism, Feminism, Ideology, class politics, sex class, Commodification, Liberalism, Pornography


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