Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

[…] previous posts here, I’ve argued that “cancel culture” is fake news–an ideological confabulation devised by the Right to… I now realize that I have been wrong, and wish to recant. Cancel culture certainly does ex…

In previous posts here, I’ve argued that “cancel culture” is fake news–an ideological confabulation devised by the Right to discredit the Left, which is usually “credited” with having created “cancel culture.” I now realize that I’ve been deeply wrong, and wish to recant. Cancel culture certainly does exist, just not in the way its usual…

Thanks, Irfan. I think expressing gratitude counts as a way of giving (deserved) credit — for both insisting that I write this point down and for inserting the “read more” in the post and correcting to ‘ch. 4’. (l, inexcus…

[…] Joe Biden didn’t unilaterally decide to withdraw US troops on the current timeline; he was abiding by an agreement made by Donald Trump. Stephens, in the column above, seems to be arguing that Biden should have abrogated this […] …

[…] expected consequence conception of desert says that, pro tanto, we deserve the expected consequences of our actions. A recent line of […] LikeLike

The expected consequence conception of desert says that, pro tanto, we deserve the expected consequences of our actions. A recent line of argument inspired by the Taliban seizure of Afghanistan both employs this conception, and unwittingly illustrates the problems with it. Stephens’s argument is, in effect, that Joe Biden “deserves” what is happening right now…