Showing posts with label Ethics and moral instincts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ethics and moral instincts. Show all posts
Monday, November 11, 2024

Did Robert Nozick hold a view of the evolution of natural rights that is similar to that held by John Hasnas?

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  This question came to mind while I was reading Chapter 4 of John Hasnas’s recently published book, Common Law Liberalism : A New Theory of...
Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Should Libertarians be Attempting to Influence Culture? A Discussion with Winton Bates and Chris Matthew Sciabarra (I)

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  I have asked Chris Matthew Sciabarra to present his views on the question posed above because he has possibly thought more deeply than any...
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Is it possible for humans to flourish if they don't live good lives?

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  I asked myself whether it is possible for humans to flourish if they don't live good lives after reading an article by Markus Knee and...
Monday, August 5, 2024

Why has "Norms of Liberty" made a lasting impression on me?

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  Norms of Liberty is a work of political philosophy written by Douglas B Rasmussen and Douglas J Den Uyl, and published in 2005. The blu...
Monday, June 17, 2024

Can discourse ethics help us to assess ideas about justice?

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This essay focuses mainly on the discourse ethics of Jürgen Habermas. Habermas, who will be 95 years old tomorrow, developed a theory of c...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Did Hayek acknowledge the importance of individual self-direction in his vision of spontaneous order?

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  One of the reasons why Friedrich Hayek’s vision of spontaneous order is more attractive than collectivist alternatives is because it offer...