Many people assume that having faced great hardship is a necessary part of having resiliency -- meaning: the ability to withstand great challenges in the future. These people think that if you have faced less-than-average hardship in your youth,...
On your June 26, 2014 radio show, you mentioned that Immanuel Kant's essay "What Is Enlightenment?" initially seems to be arguing in favor of independent reason and political liberty, but that it really does not. I am confused by this. I thought...
In civics class, many students are taught that a classically liberal republic governs according to the principle of transparency. As every citizen has equal rights, every citizen has an equal right to know exactly what it is that the government...
I have been getting into arguments with my friends about the ethics of Edward Snowden's whistleblowing and the ethics of NSA spying on foreigners. My friends say Snowden's disclosure is evil because it undermined legitimate spying the NSA does for...
If I make some perfunctory observance or participation in some superstitious ritual, and do not believe the superstitious ritual is of any literal importance, am I still promoting irrationality? If I regularly read the horoscope in the newspaper,...
Advocates of free markets often disagree about whether vaccines are safe, effective, and necessary -- and whether they could be justly mandated by law. One problem is that the refusal to vaccinate oneself might put others at risk. Not everyone...
