Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to mlyoung57. The only reason I know Suicidal Tendencies at all is because Metallica got its bassist, Rob Trujillo, from them. But this is a very good song. LikeLike

So a traffic judge should never have been ticketed for a traffic offense? What about a law-enforcement officer who must decide whether to detain or arrest someone on a charge that high might have been guilty of but was lucky enough to eluded, such as D…

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In reply to Irfan Khawaja. This is not an entirely clear-cut issue, but to some degree, I’ve clarified the issue in the last paragraph of my comment. Criminal prosecutions for violations of the allocation orders of the governor’s office are…

I appreciate your better grasp of relevant possibilities and evidence but I don’t think you present nearly enough and good enough to make for a conclusive argument for withholding or disbelief (of the proposition that additional nursing-home-mort…

In reply to Loquitur Veritatem. I do mean that. A judge in that situation should step down. The moral standard remains the moral standard, but those who covertly violate it should not be the ones to apply it. Hypocrisy is a vice of its own, and it dist…

“A person standing in judgment over others is obliged to have the standing to judge. You lack that standing when you condemn what they do, but practice the same thing in an outwardly different but morally similar guise.” Do you mean, for ex…

In reply to mlyoung57. I’d intended to send this to Cowen, but if someone would like to do that for me, I’d be much obliged. I already sent my other post to Marc Siegel, who was taking the same Cowen-esque line on Tucker Carlson’s sho…