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In reply to sean samis. A quick response, and I’ll let it go. I completely agree with all five of the reforms you suggest. We should enact all five of them. The fifth doesn’t need to be enacted; it’s already legal. But it needs suppo…

In reply to Eric Haiman. I think you mean this series: https://irfankhawajaphilosopher.com/2016/06/13/the-circumstances-of-justice-1-the-idea-of-circumstances-of-justice/ That was actually written by Derek Bowman, who teaches philosophy at Providence C…

Just a question of clarification: are you suggesting that anyone running around looking for their phone when it’s in their hands is culpably ignorant, or you stipulating ex hypothesi that “Michael” is culpably ignorant simply for the …

CHT David Gordon.

I found this in search for “circumstances of justice,” a phrase which I was surpised not to find anywhere in Alan Ryan’s monumental “On Politics,” which is well worth reading, at least portions. Your discussion is very cl…

One might think that it being the case that X rationally ought to A (exhibit some action or attitude in response to relevant items) is a straight-forward function of the reasons that X has for/against A-ing. And one might think that the sort of normative reason that is relevant here is of the subjective or…

Irfan; I’m not able to unpack all that you have written recently on this; I have bigger fish to fry. But let me offer a few observations. I appreciate the need for quantitative evidence, but when it comes to the question of whether the Police use exces…