Category Archives: Philosophy

Going Meta: Part 1

By Charlie Deist | Published: February 25, 2010
I’ve always suspected that I have an above-normal predisposition towards analyzing the nature my thoughts and beliefs, putting me in the company of one of my favorite philosophers, Robin Hanson. For example, ever since I began forming opinions about the way the world works, I have been obsessed with understanding why my beliefs about reality differ [...]
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Self Ownership

By Josh Weil | Published: January 26, 2010
A great YouTube video on the philosophy of liberty: Social Bookmarking
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Education Is Not a Right

By Josh Weil | Published: January 23, 2010
I disagree with this graphic. The only rights are life, liberty, and property. Anything else and you are forcing other people to work for you. Just because something seems nice, doesn’t mean it is a right. To claim education is a right is to claim that you have a right to steal from someone and spend [...]
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Marginal Tax-Rates and the Working Poor

By Charlie Deist | Published: January 13, 2010
Often times, a graph will speak louder than words. Such is the case with this chart posted by Michael Cannon on Cato-at-Liberty: Cannon produced the chart for a study on the effects of two proposed health-care bills and the mandates they require of individuals and families to purchase  above a certain income level. The marginal tax-rate [...]
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Wilkinson on the Axiom of Non-Coercion

By Charlie Deist | Published: December 24, 2009
Will Wilkinson claims that the axiom of non-coercion, popular among some hardcore libertarians, stands on weak ground. The axiom states that coercion, or the initiation of physical force against a person is inherently illegitimate. He suggests (or rather agrees with another blogger) that coercion is in the eye of the beholder. As part of his argument, he [...]
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