“Many a person remains in the same town, street, or house from January to December, without a wish or thought tending towards removal, who, if confined to that same place by the mandate of authority, would find the imprisonment absolutely intolerable.” Source: John Stuart Mill, Collected Works of John Stuart Mill: Principles of Political Economy […]
J.S. Mill on Covid-19 lockdowns Read More »
A very good video lecture by TIK introducing the philosophy of history: * How did history develop as a discipline? * What are historical facts? What does truth mean for historians? * Can history be objective? * Is history more an art or a science? * What explains the contemporary attacks on history by postmodern
“History Theory: What is History? No seriously, what is it?” Read More »
How would we determine if a government lock-down works better than informed citizens making their own judgments? The world’s 200+ countries and territories are pursuing a wide range of policies, and a great challenge in evaluating the results will be in making apples-to-apples comparisons that isolate important variables. Comparing, say, India to New Zealand or
Making Covid-19 country comparisons: Denmark/Sweden and Belarus/Ukraine Read More »
An experiment worth trying: The Swedes are listening to scientists more than to politicians and are exercising independent judgment and self-responsibility rather than emotionalist herd-following. Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120805778/coronavirus-to-swedes-its-the-rest-of-the-world-engaging-in-a-reckless-experiment/. Via John Kannarr and Douglas Rasmussen.
Sweden’s Covid-19 response: Trust one’s citizens Read More »
My podcast series, produced by Possibly Correct out of Toronto. Are campus activists really gentle snowflakes who melt in the heat of controversy and alternative ideas? Or are they being used as part of a calculated power strategy? A generation ago, the slogan was Speak truth to power! Now it’s often Fuck truth and grab
Bootleggers and Baptists — or Snowflakes? [Open College] Read More »
Liberalism Pro and Con is a primer. I identify the most influential arguments for liberalism and present them in their strongest form, with supporting quotations from leading thinkers who make that argument. I then do the same with the most influential arguments against liberalism. Before you decide your politics, you must know these arguments. The
Liberalism Pro and Con — my new book published Read More »
I’m happy to announce that Faro Editorial out of São Paulo, Brazil, will be producing a Portuguese edition of the Expanded Edition of Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. The translation is being done now and the finished product will be published in 2021. The book’s thesis: The failure of epistemology made
Brazilian Portuguese translation of *Explaining Postmodernism* forthcoming Read More »