User asdalton

Do you owe another person an explanation for unfriending him on Facebook?

17.09.2013As a technical issue, you can modify your Facebook friends' settings individually to limit which of their updates, photos, comments, etc. will show...

Is criticism of and opposition to religion a form of bigotry?

26.03.2012"Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain." Ambrose Bierce

Is "addiction" a valid concept?

28.01.2012Well, "addiction" can be delimited to the point that it is a purely medical question. The problem is that you see it today applied to all sorts of...

Is it wrong to "out" a hypocritical anti-gay public figure who is secretly gay?

15.12.2011This ties in to a recent debate on Facebook about when/whether there is a "right to privacy" at all.

Should you just keep quiet when a friend's bad philosophy works for him?

15.12.2011Interesting question. I know someone who is a serious Christian, and who is probably better off than what he was before (an aimless...

Are the characters in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged flat due to philosophic consistency?

15.12.2011Ethan - Here are some of my (somewhat disconnected) thoughts on this subject. - The appropriate mathematical analogy for a "flat" character...

Is it moral to strategically default on your mortgage?

16.06.2011Here is a recent post from Megan McArdle on the question of whether default ought to be considered part of the contract, or a violation of it....

Does Objectivism need a psychology?

02.06.2011"Open" versus "closed" is not the issue here, because psychology is not philosophy.

Should private citizens be legally obliged to keep government secrets?

11.01.2011An interesting wrinkle on this issue is the fact that authoritarian governments like China often apply the "state secrets" category very broadly,...