Freedom and Flourishing

  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...

  Some readers will be wondering what the question means. What is this daimon? How does it relate to eudaimonia? How can you identify your d...

  I have read a great deal of the fiction written by Jean Paul Sartre, but my knowledge of his philosophical works is second-hand. I read Na...

  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...

  The reason I am thinking about selfishness has to do with Ayn Rand. It has little to do with her attitude toward Christmas, but I was plea...

  This question is of interest to me for two reasons. First, I am a fan of Ayn Rand’s novels. Second, in the first chapter of my book, Freed...

  In my discussion of Steven Pinker’s book, Rationality, I referred to his observation that people tend to have a reality mindset in the wo...

  This question is posed in the title of Chapter 10 of Steven Pinker’s book , Rationality: What it is, Why it Seems Scarce, Why it Matters. ...

Some readers may think this question is based on a false premise. So I will begin by considering the claim that Australian Aborigines were f...