Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

That beautiful quote is from “King of the Night” (see video below), a short but poignant documentary about Imad Khachan, the owner of Chess Forum, the last remaining chess shop in New York City. (Hat tip: Kottke.)

Sorry to rain on everyone’s H.W. parade, but here is my three-part eulogy for one of the most morally despicable presidents of all time: Sara Boboltz, via Huff Post: George H.W. Bush White House Once Ordered Drug Buy from Teen … Continue reading →

Note: This post concludes our review of Tyler Cowen’s new book “Stubborn Attachments.” Although we have expressed deep skepticism about moral discourse (especially utilitarian or consequentialist theories of ethics), we have also taken the position that if we must talk … Continue reading →

Note: This is our penultimate post reviewing Tyler Cowen’s beautiful new book “Stubborn Attachments.” Thus far, we have focused on only one aspect of Tyler Cowen’s new book: the novel claim that we may owe moral duties to future generations. … Continue reading →

Note: This is part six of our review of “Stubborn Attachments.” We restated Tyler Cowen’s “six critical issues” and discussed three of these issues in our previous post. Here, we shall consider the other three issues: rules, rights, and common … Continue reading →

Note: This is part five of our review of Tyler Cowen’s new book “Stubborn Attachments.” Also, we won’t be blogging this weekend, so our next post will appear on Monday (12/3). As we mentioned in our previous post, Tyler Cowen … Continue reading →

Note: This is part four of our review of Tyler Cowen’s new book “Stubborn Attachments.” We now find ourselves on the horns of a dilemma! On the one hand, we have resolutely dismissed utilitarian theories of population ethics. (To sum … Continue reading →

Note: This is part three of our review of “Stubborn Attachments.” In our previous post we rechristened the basic premise of population ethics as Cowen’s Axiom (the notion that we may owe moral duties to future generations) in honor of … Continue reading →