Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to boydstun. Name of that 1986 case should be Bowers v. Hardwick. And it came from Georgia, not Virginia. LikeLike

In reply to David Potts. I’d like to chime in on this remark of David’s, but with the preface that I don’t really know the the relative weights of the various factors leading to the American cultural revolution in acceptance of gays a…

In reply to David Potts. David, You are entitled (of course) to your opinion on the best way to bring about change. But others have that same entitlement. You’ve got your opinions about what worked, but how do you know those opinions are true? You don’…

Irfan, I understand your desire to not rush to judgement, but everything about Case 1 is a judgement call. I’m not trying to be snarky about your point; your judgement inclines you to one view, mine to another. This officer needed to be fired, imho. Be…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Hi Irfan, Activists began to push the envelope, and began to cancel places that were homophobic. That was a real driver of moral progress. You’ve made this claim repeatedly now. How do you know it is true? It seems most…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Hi Irfan, I think it’s worth replying to this for the sake of a few clarifications, especially concerning my own point of view. Frist, what I think is a minor point, you say I minimize Krot’s actions and make too …

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Your mention of some memories from childhood, Irfan, naturally reminds me what a different era I grew up in. I graduated from high school in 1966, and to that point, I didn’t really know what a homosexual was. People di…

In reply to boydstun. Part of the point of my opening “anecdotes” was to illustrate the humble beginnings of moral change and progress. I grew up in suburban New Jersey in the 1970s and 80s. When I grew up, everyone around me was an unrefle…