Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

“I don’t know whether the factual assumption he makes here is true or false (i.e., that conservatives are on the whole right-wing)” I think “conservatives” is a mistake there? LikeLike

I shouldn’t have to make this point in this, our post-Auschwitzean age, but just a quick PSA, FYI: age-based genocide (or even malice or discrimination) is immoral. And PS, a pandemic is not the time to be wishing death on the elderly. Call me crazy, but there’s no good time to be wishing death on…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. By the way, this post from a few years back is relevant; not sure you’ve seen it. (Though you may have, since I posted it on my old IOS blog.) https://irfankhawajaphilosopher.com/2016/05/04/hursthouse-on-the-repentan…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. It seems to me that if justice is a moral virtue, it has to have a certain unity to it, and that unity has to be reflected in how we predicate it of things. So while there may be diversity in the various uses of “jus…

I hate to say this, because it seems like a cheap response, but I think it’s the correct response, so here goes: The terms “justice” and “injustice” are used in a variety of ways. Sometimes injustice means a rights-violat…

Is there a video of this anywhere? I have not been able to find anything on YouTube. Thank you! Andrew

I had a sobering half-hour phone conversation today with my brother Suleman, a hospitalist at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Ridgewood lies just a few miles northwest of the current epicenter of coronavirus cases in New Jersey, Teaneck. My own county, Hunterdon, has just seen its first case. I asked Suleman two questions: first,…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. As I said, expect plenty of attacks: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/14/815831184/rocket-attack-wounds-u-s-led-coalition-troops-iraqi-soldiers-in-base-near-baghda LikeLike