Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to mlyoung57. I guess the problematic feature of your comment is right there staring us in the face. An uncharitable way of re-stating it: if we take an Olympian and highly idealized picture of markets, drawn from Adam Smith and textbooks of m…

In reply to mlyoung57. Ordinary people down on their financial luck typically get a lot less sympathy than you’ve given this contractor. LikeLike

It’s not just nurses that deserve better, but that’s certainly a start: LikeLike

In reply to mlyoung57. For now, I’ll leave it at the quick comment that a Safe Harbor Principle at least has to protect us from the effects of aggregation. I suspect that it has to do more, but that much I can say off the top of my head. The res…

In reply to djr. My offhand reaction to the suggestion that the brain dead or those born with anencephaly don’t deserve much of anything is to reject it as absurd until it’s been proven to be an irresistible conclusion from true premises, because it s…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. Not having seen Dr Who, I don’t get that, and deserve not to. LikeLike

In reply to mlyoung57. I don’t really deserve that much credit for (4); it’s just a plagiarized version of Riesbeck’s “reaching for a cup of water” example from our Sunday discussion, sans cup and water. LikeLike

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I’d say you’d have to have seen Doctor Who and remember the relevant episode, which I do not. LikeLike

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. My offhand reaction to the suggestion that the brain dead or those born with anencephaly don’t deserve much of anything is to reject it as absurd until it’s been proven to be an irresistible conclusion from true p…