By Yascha Mounk. “Philosophy is about deciding what to think, not about convincing other people what to think.” In his most extensive interview to date, Tim Scanlon talks about free will, choice, punishment, blame, tolerance, and the future of liberalism - as well as about his childhood and intellectual development. ______________________________________________________________________ This is a lightly edited and significantly shortened version of the interview. For the full version, whi...| The Utopian
By Yascha Mounk. “Let us drop the deluded pretense that the defense of intellectual property is inherently conservative, or even reactionary.” Why our society would be less egalitarian and artistic without intellectual property rights. ________________________________________________________________________________ Given how technical a topic intellectual property is, most debates about it are strikingly emotional and partisan. Opponents of intellectual property cast movie studios, record...| The Utopian