Should Marriage Be Abolished?
March 3, 2013
State-sanctioned marriage has long been regarded as one of the bedrocks of a stable society. …
Government Tagged Episodes
John Locke
January 27, 2013
Thomas Jefferson identified John Locke as one of “the three greatest men that have ever…
Social Reality
May 20, 2012
Few things affect our lives as much as the fact that we are citizens of…
Health Care: Right or Privilege?
August 21, 2011
Do we have a right to healthcare, and to good high quality healthcare, in any…
Derrida and Deconstruction
January 16, 2011
Jacques Derrida was one of the most influential and also one of the most polarizing…
The Judiciary in Democracy
February 1, 2009
In many democracies, the judiciary is protected, to one degree or another, from the voters. …
Giving and Keeping
October 26, 2008
How should people allocate their assets – however modest or grand – ethically and effectively? …
Separation of Powers
August 17, 2008
In America, there’s not just one governing body, there are three: executive, legislative, and judicial.…
Liberty vs. Security
May 25, 2008
Edward Gibbon and James Madison both noted how liberties in Rome were among the victims…
Legislating Values
June 24, 2007
How should we decide what laws to pass? Should majority rule, even when they are…
Is This Any Way to Run a Democracy?
November 8, 2005
America prides itself on being the oldest continuous democracy in the world. But criticisms of…
Plato
September 14, 2004
From his theory of the Forms, to his views about morality, justice, and the soul…
Markets and Morality
July 27, 2004
Does the free market provide incentives for behavior that is problematic from a moral perspective?…
Taxation
April 13, 2004
How is taxation different from stealing? What right does the government have to take some…
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