The symposium continues with a second contribution from Zwolinski and Tomasi, a third contribution from Friedman, and a solo reply from Zwolinski. I just finished another entry, which should go up tomorrow.
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Cordial and Sanguine, Part 22: War Among the Bleeding Hearts Continued
Greetings from Seattle! My entry in the aforementioned Cato Unbound symposium is now up. It’s titled “In Praise of Bleeding Heart Absolutism.”
Hemlochaccino?
This Wednesday, March 28th, from 5:00 to 7:00, in the Gnu’s Room (the bookshop/coffeeshop at the corner of Gay & Samford, next to Amsterdam Café), the Philosophy Club will be staging a reenactment of Socrates’ last days and death, followed by philosophical discussion. (I’m one of the discussion leaders.) If you’re in the Auburn area, drop by. (Or jet in from Dubai if you prefer.)
Scholastic Achievement Test
More juvenilia: Whether What Is Transcendent Is Dependent (unsuccessful parody of medieval philosophy, age 19). Adam Smith says somewhere that a sculpture of an animal is more impressive than a sculpture of a chair, because a sculpture of a chair isn’t sufficiently different from an actual chair; a similar criticism applies here.
Cordial and Sanguine, Part 19
I have a new post up at BHL: Eudaimonist Libertarianism. Not too hot, not too cold – like lukewarm porridge, it’s just right!
Armed With Ajax!
More juvenilia: an essay on Sophocles’ Ajax, from senior year of college.