Ayn Rand on Man’s Rights
July 21, 2022
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Reading Ayn Rand’s Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal right now. The majority of this is copied directly from the first essay in the collection- What is
Category: Political Philosophy
Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844- Karl Marx
June 17, 2022
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These early writings of Marx give insight into the Philosophy of Communism. For Marx, the enemy of being is having. Private property, not the land
Rights and Freedom
May 19, 2022
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I was listening to a podcast episode of the Ezra Klein show the other day, where he interviews Patrick Deneen. Patrick Deneen is a right-wing
Why would you want a society where people are left out?
February 8, 2022
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I had a conversation a few days ago on the nature of how we ought to structure society. It was driven by a podcast over
What is Justice?
December 14, 2021
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The Question and Its ImportanceI was reading through Will Durant’s book The Story of Philosophy. The book is divided into sections on what the author
Lessons of History: Character and History
December 9, 2021
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This post covers another chapter: Character and History, in The Lessons of History, by Will and Ariel Durant. Society is founded not on the ideals
Systems and Injustice
October 12, 2021
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I just finished rereading The Prince, by Niccolò Macchiavelli. I’d read it years ago, probably just out of college, but wanted to reread it, this
Grounding Rights in Scripture
July 31, 2021
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I ran across an interesting passage in Sir Henry Vane’s “A Healing Question”. (1656) He is dealing with the question of how much power kings
Forgiveness Discussion
July 20, 2021
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My son sent me a podcast discussion about Forgiveness. While the people in the podcast don’t acknowledge this or distinguish between them enough, there are three
Speaking of Fools Rushing in…
May 21, 2021
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So I was listening to a discussion between Benjamin Boyce and Jonathan Church on Youtube the other day. It was called Robin DiAngelo: False Prophet