“It’s Discrimination!”
There is a serious danger in the refusal to acknowledge the inferential and moral legitimacy of instances of rational discrimination.
There is a serious danger in the refusal to acknowledge the inferential and moral legitimacy of instances of rational discrimination.
Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on January 27, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.
Llosa takes a critical look at the cultural and political institutions that have stood in the way of liberal reforms or distorted reforms for private gain.
Presented at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, on 9 March 2009. This audio is made available by Art Carden.
The whole notion of paying off past investors with the funds of present investors is at the very core of the Social Security system. At least Madoff sought the consent of his investors who let him care for their money based on their own volition. And at least he didn't attempt to defend himself with the claim that he was conducting wise public policy.
Jeff McMahan has written a genuinely revolutionary book. He has uncovered a flaw in standard just-war theory. The standard view sharply separates the morality of going to war, jus ad bellum, from the morality of warfare,
"Readers have much to learn from John Gray, but they must be able to ignore a great deal of nonsense to benefit from his work."