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Friday, April 26, 2024
Why do I consider myself to be a neo-Aristotelian classical liberal?
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I pondered the above question as I read Fred D Miller’s book, Nature, Justice, and Rights in Aristotle’s Politics (published in 1995). Al...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Is Alexander Hamilton's ideal of a modern commercial republic still relevant today?
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Alexander Hamilton was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as secretary to the Treasury from 1789 to 1795 during t...
Monday, March 18, 2024
Why should peacefulness be viewed as a characteristic of a good society?
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In the most popular post on my blog, written in 2009, I asked: What are the characteristics of a good society? I began the post by sugges...
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Is ecological justice also a mirage?
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David Schmidtz advocates “ecological justice” in his book, Living Together : Inventing Moral Science. Although Schmidtz does not refer to ...
Sunday, January 14, 2024
How do democratic institutions survive in Papua New Guinea?
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In countries with endemic law and order and corruption problems, outbreaks of rioting and looting often lead to military dictatorship, or ...
Monday, January 8, 2024
Was British colonial government as bad as modern critics would have us believe?
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Nigel Biggar acknowledges that British colonialism contained evils and injustices, but he judges it to have been much better than its mode...
Sunday, December 31, 2023
How would you describe your philosophy?
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I don’t think anyone has ever asked me the question posed above. When I tell people that I am an economist, some of them ask about my view...
Sunday, November 26, 2023
Does stakeholder capitalism contribute to human flourishing?
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Many people reading this are likely to view the use of stakeholder terminology by business leaders as little more than a public relations ...
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