In his essay "The Market and Workplace in a Democratic Socialism," Mike Beggs lays out out a post-capitalist vision that would avoid predictable sources of inefficiency and perverse incentives.| benburgis.substack.com
It's been too long since there was an essay on non-political philosophy on this Substack! Here's a quick one on the philosophical debate about the Liar Paradox.| Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis
A remembrance of someone I cared about, with a fair amount of philosophy laced in| Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis
No essay this week, sorry, but an exciting announcement!| benburgis.substack.com
Michael Sechman and I explore what Roemer's analysis of exploitation and Kautsky's analysis of colonialism might tell us about the genocide in Gaza.| Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis
No one would be a socialist if they didn't care about socialist ideals. Let's stop pretending otherwise. While we're at it, please don't try to rehabilitate authoritarian regimes.| benburgis.substack.com
What are we actually arguing about when we argue about whether Trumpism is fascism? And can we find a less dumb way to have the argument?| benburgis.substack.com
Michael died five years ago today. Instead of a regular "Philosophy for the People" essay, here's the most extensive reflection I've ever been able to write about him.| Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis
In Ch. 6 of his book "How Capitalism Ends," Steve Paxton devotes a few pages to demolishing Robert Nozick's defense of capitalist property rights.| benburgis.substack.com
Søren Mau's critique of Bruno Leipold's "Citizen Marx" is interesting but it it misses the mark.| Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis
Engels is often treated as, at best, a kind of intellectual sidekick to Marx. But, as Sam Badger explains in this guest essay, Engels played a major role in developing what we now know as "Marxism."| benburgis.substack.com
Peterson loves to score culture-war points by bashing atheists, but the closer you look at his own religious views--and his version of pragmatism about truth--the less clear it is what he believes.| benburgis.substack.com
Or, "The Joys and Frustrations of Arguing About Philosophy on the Internet"| benburgis.substack.com
In his "Jordan Peterson vs. 20 Atheists" Jubilee episode, Dr. Peterson was confronted with a classic challenge to Kantian ethics. His response was...odd.| benburgis.substack.com
A few points about libertarian philosopher Michael Huemer's "charity mugger" and "hermit's spear" examples| Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis
A guest post by Jason Myles| benburgis.substack.com
There are real debates to be had about the merits of class-first approaches to left politics. This isn't the way to have them.| Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis
A guest post by Matt McManus| benburgis.substack.com
Some thoughts on G.A. Cohen's defense of Marx's historical materialism, his normative case for socialism, and what's missing at the intersection of the two| Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis
A tour of Other Ben's takes on Hume, Kant, Hegel and Marx| Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis
Some ways that philosophers can make themselves useful in the real world (if you're into that kind of thing)| benburgis.substack.com
Should we defer to experts, or not? And do you gain expertise through war-tourism?| Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis
The book has many virtues. But Roberts twists himself into pretzels trying to explain away Marx's views on technological progress.| benburgis.substack.com
A guest post by Stefan Bertram-Lee| Philosophy for the People w/Ben Burgis
Compatibilism is supported by deep intuitions about responsibility and control. It can also feel "obviously" wrong and absurd. Slavoj Žižek's commentary can help us navigate the intuitive standoff.| benburgis.substack.com
Sam Harris has done a lot to promote strident skepticism about free will and moral responsibility. His arguments don't stand up to scrutiny.| benburgis.substack.com
Roberts is a good and interesting writer. But his polemic against Chibber misses the mark.| benburgis.substack.com
Socialist philosopher G.A. Cohen put belief in human free will at the heart of his account of egalitarian justice. He also thought it was incompatible with determinism.| benburgis.substack.com
Automation is often a horror show under capitalism. In a different system, though, we could let human values dictate which activities we do and don't want to turn over to algorithms.| benburgis.substack.com
