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Categories are fundamental to how we define the world and ourselves in it. Categories are so integral to how we think that we rarely reflect on them and how they define our relationship to the world. One of the most … Read More
Only in the last several years have I become aware of the natural law tradition in theology that informs much contemporary Christian ethical and political debate; my interests and readings did not cross paths with natural law until I participated … Read More
Robert Reich recently posted a critique of big money on his Facebook page, in which he listed seven points of criticism. He seems to be focusing on the political right, noting that “a dozen Republican wanna-be’s are already attacking government … Read More
In a recent exchange with a friend, a common view of commodity speculators emerged that they drive up prices and extract money from the rest of us. The actual role of speculation in the market does not intuitively make sense, … Read More
Following the previous post on the role of speculators in markets, this is a more conceptual view of what is happening with the information system of prices in markets. We do not normally think of prices as communicating information, but … Read More
This is the fourth of a series examining the moral dimensions of economic “externalities”, the spillover or incidental side effects in market activity. The series is available in expanded form, with an introductory chapter and updated essays, as an e-book … Read More
This is the third of a series examining the moral dimensions of economic “externalities”, the spillover or incidental side effects in market activity. The series is available in expanded form, with an introductory chapter and updated essays, as an e-book … Read More
This is the second of a series examining the moral dimensions of economic “externalities”, the spillover or incidental side effects in market activity. The series is available in expanded form, with an introductory chapter and updated essays, as an e-book … Read More
This is the first of a series examining the moral dimensions of economic “externalities”, the spillover or incidental side effects in market activity. The series is available in expanded form, with an introductory chapter and updated essays, as an e-book … Read More
Peter Railton’s article on alienation and consequentialism seems to me to share something of Doug Portmore’s consequentializing project. I will briefly explain how I see that. Railton proposes taking two views of consequentialism: subjective consequentialism and objective consequentialism. Subjective consequentialism … Read More