Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In all the years that I taught moral philosophy, I never once taught business ethics. Truth to be told, I went out of my way to avoid it. Given an opportunity to teach classes in the MBA program at my university, which reimbursed at a higher rate than the School of Arts & Sciences, I…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. For now, let me respond to the contra Gillespie part of your “Looking for Daylight” essay, including the excerpts from Charles in it. I’m unconvinced of its relevance to the issue discussed in the post, and puzzled why you…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I think the Civil Rights Movement is a good example of successful agorist strategy. https://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/06/18/sheldon-richman/context-keeping-community-organizing/ https://www.cato-unbound.org/2010/06/26/sheldon…

In reply to butimbeautiful. I just ran into this article on Alice Springs. Just to forewarn you: it’s from a neo-Nazi website, and the author is an all-out white nationalist racist. But it’s the only in-depth discussion of Alice Springs I w…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Thanks. I’ve printed both of those out, and will try to respond later this weekend. But I agree with your framing of my view. Ultimately, I do think that there are only two forms of political engagement, at least if …

In reply to butimbeautiful. Well, thank you! That is high praise, coming from a real writer. I actually envy your writing style. Like your ambivalence about being published, I have an ambivalence about drawing a larger audience than I do. I write best …

This is a journey meant for your anxiety. –Rob Zombie, “American Witch” I don’t know whether to say this is a story “straight out of the Jersey suburbs,” or “straight out of a Rob Zombie song,” but I guess those aren’t mutually exclusive: the Jersey suburbs are something out of a Rob Zombie song. When…