Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Two Sets of Strange Bedfellows on How to Live

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In an even more violent break from democratic theory than exemplified in my last couple of “Eastern Philosophy” entries (a practice I will a...
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Monday, December 5, 2022

A Deeper Dive Into Choosing, Wanting and Getting

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Not long ago I uploaded a piece here about the apparent tension between obtaining the goods of the world and what might be called an Eastern...
Friday, October 21, 2022

Partisanship, Polarization, and Halloweenish Fears

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  Ok, so hundreds of people running for office in elections being held in the U.S. in a few days are guaranteeing that if they win, they alr...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

The More Good, the Better vs. The Wheel of Samsara

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It may seem that there is significant tension between what in Buddhist circles causes dukkha (the suffering that consists of existential dre...
Monday, August 15, 2022

Democracy and Truth

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  My Hornbook review of Sophia Rosenfeld's fascinating  Democracy and Truth: A Short History is now up at 3:16 AM Magazine  here.
Thursday, August 4, 2022

Review of Democratic Theory Naturalized in The Journal of Value Inquiry

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So delighted to see this thoughtful review of my  Democratic Theory Naturalized: The Foundations of Distilled Populism  by Daniel Layman. I...
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Sunday, July 17, 2022

Should "Legitimate" but "Unjust" Laws be Implemented and Obeyed?

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        Gustav Radbruch         Franz Neumann In my previous blog entry on Laws, Legal Systems, and Government Power , I tried to explain th...
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