Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Law & Liberty) John McClane: America’s Christmas Warrior
Die Hard is our Christmastime Western, edifying children and adults alike about the need for the manly virtues.
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(Law & Liberty) Free Enterprise as Conspiracy
Did defenders of free enterprise set out to morally “delegitimize” the New Deal order and with it “the most basic functions of government”?
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(Austro-Athenian Empire) Quote of the Day
[cross-posted at BHL and POT] One of the tragic aspects of the emancipation of the serfs in Russia in 1861 was that while the serfs gained their personal freedom, the land – their means of production and of life, their land was retained under the ownership of their feudal masters. The land should have gone…
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(QC RSS) The Remains Of The Day
This is a syndicated post, originally published by QC RSS at QC RSS.
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(Jesse Walker – Reason.com) The Cuddliest Post-Apocalyptic Tale Ever
Friday A/V Club: Christmas in the ruins
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(Law & Liberty) Thinking about Restraint with John Quincy Adams
We often forget that non-interventionism is an old American tradition.
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(Law & Liberty) The Controversy about the ERA Amendment Process
In my view, there is much to be said for an equal rights amendment that has a determinate meaning, but the revived ERA fails to do this.
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(Law & Liberty) Divided Loyalty? Liberal Toleration in the New Locke Manuscript
The new manuscript will not solve any of the Lockean paradoxes, it does provide us with a glimpse into his reasoning about Catholics in politics.
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(Austro-Athenian Empire) Anarchy in Philadelphia
[cross-posted at C4SS, BHL, and POT] The Molinari Society will be holding its mostly-annual Eastern Symposium in conjunction with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association in Philadelphia, 8-11 January 2020. Here’s the schedule info: Molinari Society symposium: New Work in Libertarian and Anarchist Thought G5E. Thursday, 9 January 2020, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, Philadelphia…
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