Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Law & Liberty) Giving Direct Democracy a Chance
John Matsusaka contends that the challenge of democratic populism can only be met with more democracy.
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(QC RSS) Ugh, It’s A PDF
ugggh
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(The GiveWell Blog) Why it’s important to think through all of the factors that influence a charity’s impact
Charity evaluation is rarely straightforward. Many factors, within a charity’s control or outside of it, can influence the impact a charity has. This blog post will highlight a case that illustrates how thinking through these factors can lead to surprising information that changes our understanding of a charity’s impact. Summary GiveWell recommended a grant to…
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(Law & Liberty) Wanted: A republican Judiciary
What we require is not judicial restraint, but a different sort of judicial engagement that develops the traditions of republican government.
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(Law & Liberty) On Freedom, Paternalism, and Power
Nudgers must then be endowed with significant interpretive leeway when it comes to setting priorities. Is this freedom?
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(QC RSS) Ethical Considerations
turn it off!!
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(Jesse Walker – Reason.com) Marianne Williamson Withdraws from the Presidential Race
So long, and thanks for all the memes.
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( Comments for Austro-Athenian Empire ) Comment on A Little Unbalanced by Our Fear of Fear – The Daily Coin
[…] are constantly hammered with the false tradeoff: the need to balance freedom against security. Roderick Long addresses this quite […]
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(Law & Liberty) The Special Relationship Continues
It’s unlikely that Instagram can power up a new version of monarchy, but it can surely humiliate and thus destroy what’s left of it.
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(Law & Liberty) Can the “Strong Gods” Breathe Life into the Barren West?
Reno assumes the alternative is between the weak loves of neo-liberalism and the strong loves of a revivified European conservativism.
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