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Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Monday, December 11, 2023

Lying in politics

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Consider this reductio ad absurdum argument: It is permissible to lie to achieve what one reasonably thinks to be practically necessary t...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Elections as hiring decisions

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People tend to think of elections for high office as sui generis rather than as what they are: hiring decisions, for a particularly onerous...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Optimism

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I've been gradually realizing just how important it is to presume our ideological and political opponents to be motivated by pursuit of ...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Abortion and politics

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Let us assume, as is in fact the case, that fetuses are persons, and abortion is immoral and should be illegal. Let us imagine tw...
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Monday, March 10, 2008

Political gain

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One not infrequently hears the claim that a politician did something "for political gain", and the claim is said in a c...
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