Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

[…] to preserve strikes me as an unwarranted commitment to a form of double jeopardy. But as I’ve already made this criticism in a previous post, I mention it now to set it […] LikeLike

It’s been gratifying to see at least one left-leaning liberal get the idea that “following the FDA” is not quite the same thing as “following science” or for that matter, acting rationally: LikeLike

I think your account of impersonal moral anger needs more filling out. You identify two features: it’s not the first-personal anger of the victim, and it’s directed, impersonally, at the state of affairs of someone’s being wronged. Th…

So I’ve read this more carefully now, but I still have the same questions. (1) Just a quick question of citation: where does Sher discuss expressive views of merit? (I haven’t gotten to the chapter on merit, if that’s where it is.) (2…

[…] in Palestine” and “Pedagogy Under Occupation.” (I belatedly remembered this blog post, also on pedagogical themes related to teaching 9/11-related topics, in this case, the issue of […] LikeLike

[…] ****I highly recommend the book I’ve highlighted in the image, Michael Osterholm and Mark Olshaker’s Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs.   Also worth reading for the larger picture is Anne Case and Angus Deaton&#82…

[…] of the issue. If anti-war activists can’t get equal time in schools, they should feel free to cancel the shit out of the other side (within the limits of the law and of basic moral decency): denounce them, […] LikeLike

[…] say so–a lot, to everyone, including your political representatives. People may well regard you as a monomaniac, but better a monomaniac than a cipher. It takes just a few monomaniacs to start a war, but it […] LikeLike

[…] home, and in our control–the welfare of the evacuees themselves. I’ve expressed my own emotional ambivalence about that here. But morally, there’s no room for ambivalence, however one feels: we owe these evacuees, […] …