Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Libertarianism, Abortion, and Health Care by Michael Brazier
In reply to boydstun. A fetus in the womb isn’t a potential human being. It is actually a human being, clearly distinct from both its parents (and all other instances of the species.) What you mean is that the fetus is potentially a person –…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: Total Generalship: Commanding Pre-Modern Armies, Part IIIc: Morale and Cohesion
This is the conclusion of the third part of our series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) looking at the role of the general in commanding pre-gunpowder armies in battle. Last time we looked at how junior officers, when empowered to act independently, could give armies a degree of flexibility and reactiveness on the battlefield but didn’t…
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(QC RSS) The Convergence
It’s hapening
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Thoughts and Prayers by boydstun
When I entered college, it was at a State University. In this enormous cafeteria, before taking first bite, at each meal, I bowed my head and silently prayed. It was custom in our family. I never saw any other students doing that. Years later I figured…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Libertarianism, Abortion, and Health Care by boydstun
This is not a comment on those comments, Irfan, only on law on abortions. It seems very hard for people who have always thought of this issue in terms of rights of the potential human being in the uterus versus rights of the mother to reorient to the r…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Going once going twice
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(Jesse Walker, Author at Reason.com) Christopher Alexander’s Utopian Blueprint
There is telling people how to live, and there is maximizing people’s ability to live the lives they want.
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(QC RSS) Multiple Sources
It’s: Cosmo
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( Comments for ProSocial Libertarians ) Comment on Moralism and Contemporary Politics by Andrew Jason Cohen
In reply to <a href=”https://prosociallibertarians.com/2022/06/24/moralism-and-contemporary-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-237″>Irfan Khawaja</a>. There is a lot in there; I won’t respond to it all. My main point in the post was that moralism permeates American politics today in extremely problematic ways. I ended by recognizing that some might say libertarians are also committed to a form of moralism, so I wanted…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on In the Wake of Dobbs by radgeekdotcom
In reply to radgeekdotcom. Update on Yellowhammer Fund: Since I mentioned it just the other day — as of today (29 June 2022), Yellowhammer Fund just sent out an email statement to their supporters stating (emphasis mine): “We have made the …
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