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In reply to <a href=”https://prosociallibertarians.com/2022/05/03/what-happened/comment-page-1/#comment-224″>Neera Badhwar</a>. Neera-This may be regional, it may have changed some, or it may have to do with other factors (perhaps class based) I am not aware of, but my understanding is that leaving the home after high school is the norm. Kids either go to college and live there (perhaps…

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In the MTSP discussion of the third chapter of Scanlon’s WWO, on well-being, I brought up the following as a case of generic normative pressure (for an agent) that does not consist in the realization or promotion of some inherent benefit (for that agent): one having reason (or it being appropriate to) to fear scary…

Nice post, Andrew. I didn’t know this: “Americans tend to think that once a child graduates from high school they ought to move out.” I thought it applied only to children who graduate from college. After high school, don’t kids either stay at home while attending college, or live in college dorms? I agree with…