One argument against utilitarianism is that no one actually follows it. I call this the Argument from Hypocrisy. A better objection, though, is that even highly scrupulous utilitarians don’t comply with their stated principles; I call this the Argument from Conscience. In Governing Least, Moller powerfully develops a parallel objection: While utilitarians often urge self-sacrifice, they […]| Econlib
Libertarianism is often thought to rest on strong assumptions about individual rights. By contrast, the first part of this book argues that libertarianism emerges from everyday moral beliefs we have about when we may shift our burdens onto others (say, by redistributing their assets to ourselves or those we care about). The inspiration here is thus the self-reliance of Thoreau and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, not Ayn Rand. | Dan Moller
A review of the thought experiments in Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit (part one)| DYNOMIGHT
Against the bean counters| arjunpanickssery.substack.com
