A Summary of the State

Libertarian Morality

A n interesting study on the morality of libertarians. My favorite quote… “We might say that liberals have the most ‘feminine’ cognitive style, and libertarians the most ‘masculine.’” http://reason.com/archives/2010/11/02/the-science-of-libertarian

Eliot Spitzer and Sophistry

In Ancient Greece sophists were teachers who taught virtue, which in those days generally meant the art of statesmanship, to young men rich enough to afford their services. Sophistry, as their art was called, is a trade much criticized in the dialogues of Plato, where Socrates attacks not only the practice of teaching for a […]

A “Right” To Health Care?

A right to something implies no one can legitimately take it from you or prevent you from enjoying that right. Thus a right to something means you are justified to use force to defend it. For example you have a right to your life, so if someone attacks you or threatens your life you can […]