Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Maybe here’s a way to think about this, and put it in a broader context. Start by distinguishing perfect from imperfect duties, a la Kant. A perfect duty is one that must always fully be satisfied as stated, for instance, the duty to respect the…

I’m not sure how much of the “moralistic overreach” or “overly/unreasonably demandingness” of our SJWs might fit my framing and supposition. Maybe quite a bit, but the overall story is more complicated and surely includes…

The best short discussion of Trump’s so-called peace plan for Israel/Palestine that I’ve seen, by Nathan Thrall (ht: Susan Gordon). Hard to improve on, or argue with, any of this: The Trump plan, much like the decades-long peace process that it crowns, gives Israel cover to perpetuate what is known as the status quo: Israel…

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/01/31/anti-police-protest/ They’re styling themselves a “decolonizing” movement. LikeLiked by 1 person

No sooner do I write that comment but this idiocy arises–leftist SJWs gone wild and stupid. https://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/4428465-j31-anti-police-protests-focus-on-transportation-fare-strikes/ I’ve had my share of run-ins with cops, a…

From no casualties to 64 and counting. From non-serious injuries to injuries that they take very seriously. What next? From Iran’s aggression to our aggression? From their perfidy to our perfidy? From an absolute national security imperative to s…

I don’t disagree with what you’re saying, but I think there’s another way of framing this suspicion: And I suspect that “social justice warriors” (both in the narrow, popular sense and in a wider sense that would fit all social refor…