02/21/2018

Let's assume that we are going to engage in some civil disobedience. We hold that there is some injustice going on that we wish to put an end to. In order to put an end to it we have to draw people's attention to that injustice and motivate them to take action against it. We have judged – or, at least, we are considering the option that – civil disobedience is the proper means to end this injustice. Furthermore, let us assume that we have resolved to do this in the style of Martin Luther King,

02/21/2018

Let's assume that we are going to engage in some civil disobedience. We hold that there is some injustice going on that we wish to put an end to. In order to put an end to it we have to draw people's attention to that injustice and motivate them to take action against it. We have judged – or, at least, we are considering the option that – civil disobedience is the proper means to end this injustice. Furthermore, let us assume that we have resolved to do this in the style of Martin Luther King,

12/29/2017

Some people argue these days that we need to get rid of this idea of a right to freedom of speech. They assert that some ideas are so dangerous that we must prohibit people from speaking them. Those who would speak these dangerous truths must be silenced. In reading through discussions on this topic, it is clear that many participants do not know what a “right to freedom of speech” is. Defenders do not know what they are defending, and attackers do not know what they are attacking. This means

09/03/2017

Another hurricane, and another discussion of the virtues of price gouging. Once again, the focus is specifically on those who raise the price of water where the forces of water have rendered clean water scarce. The argument that renders the price gougers virtuous states that the higher price does a double good. It saves a scarce commodity for its most valuable uses, while providing people with an incentive to acquire more of the scarce resource to sell at the higher price. As the price goes