Baby Logic
Oct 19The first reference I ever heard to the song “Everybody Loves My Baby, But My Baby Don’t Love Nobody But Me” was in a logic class, and at that time I assumed the professor had just made it up for the sake of an amusing logic example. But of course it’s a real song, and [...]
Reflections on Utilitarianism
Oct 19Sheldon Richman cites your humble correspondent on rule-utilitarianism and rule-egoism in his latest editorial. I’m not sure how far I agree with Sheldon’s suggestion that utilitarianism is “a product of the positivist mindset, which held that reason can’t judge ultimate values.” That’s certainly true of the kind of utilitarianism we find in Mises, Hazlitt, and [...]
The Revolution Will Be Televised
Oct 19I wonder whether this proposed tv series is based on libertarian Poul Anderson’s novels Orbit Unlimited and New America. It sounds very similar. (Conical hat tip to AICN – but see their talkback section for some obnoxious statist commentary.)
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