Philosoblog

The causes of Garner's death were (a.) his resisting the police, (b.) his poor health, (c.) the failure of the police to ease up and giv...

I've said a lot in the archives, but something more succinct may be said. We know that the left likes to discount or even deny the mor...

Years ago I argued here that since it could be proved that there is a duty to look after your fellow man in some limited senses, taxation to...

A More Materialistic Religious Position More materialistic than most, I suppose. I propose it just for the sake of getting it on the table...

Two Kinds of Humor Let some slapstick comedy flash before your mind momentarily and then, consider two ways of laughing at Man. The first...

Some Self-Evident Truths A "self-evident" proposition is one that is obviously true to anyone who understands it. These truths a...

Health Insurance Yesterday, I received a letter from a health insurance company. It said that my policy would be cancelled in 2014 because...

There is a curious twist in the mind of some liberals. I spoke with a private school history teacher today. He said that the liberal should ...

By "theodicy" I mean a theory intended to reconcile the fact that there is evil with the existence of God, the argument from evil ...

Nietzsche and Marx It is terrible to admit it, but these are the two most important thinkers of modern times. Nietzsche correctly diagno...

If You Can Keep It Human nature being what it is, the American political system is the best known political system. But the system makes n...

Glen Doherty: Tyrone Woods: Unexcelled heroes in the War on Terror. We await the books of investigative journalism. The survivors need to b...

Meditation and Prayer I know a Zen Buddhist who's car has a bumper sticker which says, "I'd rather be driving." There...

Progressivism and Civil Society You know I've never met one person who is for sharing wealth who would ever share a dime. - Jane, a c...

The Latest Attempt at an Argument for Leftism It's the argument that since a successful businessman required the assistance of others ...

Leftism Is The Old Regime You've been hoodwinked for about 150 years. People who covet absolute power need to trick you into giving it t...

The Fundamental Error Big, unlimited government causes corruption in business and government to thrive. Heavy and byzantine regulation and t...

Social Contract The left is talking about social contract . The idea is that the rich didn't really earn their money alone. They earned ...

Imagination Take account of the plethora of opportunities available to you; use your imagination. The liberty to be oneself is of unsurpasse...

The Term Right I'm thinking of the political noun, such as it is, not the moral adjective which we use to describe actions. The politica...

Scott LaFaro 1961 If you are interested in traveling to the site of LaFaro's death on the 50th anniversary of the tragedy, July 6, 2011,...

Leftist Dogma and its Derangements The left loses every time on philosophical principles and on historical and economic facts. This is why t...

Crap You Believe You actually believe this stuff: FDR ended the Great Depression with extensive regulation and high spending. Democrats care...

Leftism You're a leftist, not a liberal. Liberalism died 100 years ago. Leftism is not so much a political philosophy as psychological a...

The Patient Stirs The patient is in a stupor, the victim of a malicious poisoning. He tries to wake up, his only chance at survival. Stirrin...

Kekes, On the Human Condition II Your well-being depends upon fulfilling the values you hold dear, and this fulfillment depends upon your be...

A Case Against Premarital Sex This is to say, while one is in the courting and childrearing age, to have sex with a person before deciding t...

Kekes, On the Human Condition II There is an enormous world of brute physical events and objects, having no significance or value in themsel...

Kekes, On the Human Condition I We continue our series of looks at John Kekes’s books. His A Case for Conservatism is required reading. You...

We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident Human nature being understood, and moral language being understood, one can make some observations. ...

Some Points about Human Nature But to get back. I just have a few points about human nature. Human nature includes a set of desires. These a...

Palin and Death Panels You thought Sarah Palin was a ditzy broad when she said there would be death panels in the Democrats' health insu...