Musings

Sep 20, 2015

GM and Faulty Switches

GM Ignores Knowledge of Safety Concerns According to court documents filed Thursday, GM knew...

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Sep 1, 2015

Aquinas on the Origin of Private Property

This essay consolidates my discussions of why private property did not exist in Paradise...

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Jul 3, 2015

Doubts About Natural Rights Before the Declaration of Independence

Interpreters who claim that Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence embodies a natural rights philosophy often...

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Jul 3, 2015

Jefferson’s Declarations of Independence

To understand Jefferson’s frame of mind when he sat down to write the Declaration,...

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Jul 3, 2015

Jefferson’s Theory of Rights in the Declaration of Independence Chap 1

It is has long been conventional wisdom that the Declaration of Independence is the...

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Jul 3, 2015

What is the relationship between the Declaration of Independence and the idea of Natural Rights?

It is commonly assumed that Americans as individuals have a set of “God-given” or...

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Jul 3, 2015

Liberty in America’s Founding Moment

From the Preface: Earlier in my life I had no interest in either Thomas...

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Jul 3, 2015

On Truth and Liberty in Political Democracies

One of the reasons we need liberal societies is because one person’s truth is...

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Jun 30, 2015

Critique of Free Markets: Beyond Economists as the Priests of Liberty

It is a common refrain today among some that governments should not overregulate economies...

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Jun 30, 2015

The Myth of the Social Contract

Time has now come in our discussion to take a hard look at the...

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