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This is our final post regarding the new Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism, a remarkable collection of erudite essays which was published earlier this year. (During the previous three weeks, we have reviewed 11 select essays from the Libertarian Handbook.) In … Continue reading →

With this post, we review the last of eleven select essays published in the new Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism: Hillel Steiner’s erudite essay on “Free markets and exploitation.” (Dr Steiner, a political philosopher and Emeritus Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of … Continue reading →

Here is a small sample of the essays, papers, reports, etc. we’ve learned the most from this week: Derek Parfit’s last paper (via the Journal of Philosophy & Public Affairs) The seven deadly sins of AI predictions (Joost Swarte, via MIT … Continue reading →

It’s been a few days since our last post on the new Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism. (We have already reviewed nine works from this remarkable collection of theoretical and applied essays.) In this post, we will review Jahel Queralt’s excellent essay: … Continue reading →

Behavioral economist Richard Thaler was awarded this year’s “Nobel Prize” in economics. But with all due respect, the Swedes got it wrong. If the selection criterion for winning a Nobel in economics these days is going to be original work … Continue reading →

Is it possible to model such subjective and other-regarding preferences as altruism and fairness? We stumbled upon this fascinating blog post by Dom Galeon on “Crowdsourced Morality.” Among other things, Galeon links to a five-page paper titled “Moral Decision Making Frameworks for Artificial Intelligence” … Continue reading →

The beautiful Blade Runner sequel, Blade Runner 2049, poses many deep  moral dilemmas, psychological puzzles, and other complex conundrums. Yet most of my fellow fans have overlooked a simple but key question: who owns the replicants? From a property rights perspective, the … Continue reading →

We saw the table pictured below on our Twitter feed (via @MichaelShermer), with the judgmental title: “Paranormal beliefs 2017. Only 25.3% of Americans do not hold any of the 7 beliefs.” (Shermer is a science writer and founder of The Skeptics Society.) But in … Continue reading →