Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to merjet. I would reflect on the fact that the scenario was not a surprise; I had been told to prepare for it weeks before the order had been issued, and weeks before the event in your scenario had transpired (on March 6). I would reflect on …

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Friedersdorf is one of my favorite journalists and Cowen one of my favorite public intellectuals. Yay! That said, I’d give CF 8/10 and Cowen a generous 7/10 on this (for reasons unrelated to your criticism of Cowen on the nursing home failure or …

This pertains to Tyler Cowen’s example about New York state regulations that did force nursing homes to accept COVID-19-positive patients being discharged from hospitals. Here is a devil’s advocate question. Imagine the following: 1. You ar…

For decades now, Americans convinced of their moral superiority to the rest of the world have sat around wondering what could possibly motivate someone to engage in suicide bombing. Who could do such a thing? How? Why? The insanity of it all! Now consider the last few months: under duress, Americans, whether left or right,…

In reply to mrjtf. Thanks! Informative, and good to know that I’m not breaking the law. If only lawyers were as helpful as this. LikeLike

You disclaim: “Policy of Truth” was originally (and boringly) named after me, but was later renamed “Policy of Truth” after the Depeche Mode song of that name. No copyright infringement is intended by my use of the song title. I’m no lawyer, but …

In reply to rgressis. I still don’t see why a mea culpa is (given the facts) actually appropriate, but more to the point, even if it was, I’m looking for a specification of the act for which it is a mea culpa, and still don’t see what…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Hi Irfan, I’ve just skimmed the comments here (and read your original post), but I’m glad you wrote them. When I first heard about the Cuomo thing, the first thing I thought was: “why did he do that?” …