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  • The Problem with Moral Relativism

    The Problem with Moral Relativism0

    • March 1, 2016

    Whether you realize it or not, you probably adhere to a particular moral theory. If you formally studied ethics in college or later, chances are you know what your moral theory is. But even if you didn’t, it’s useful to bring your moral theory to full light so that it can be honestly considered and

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  • The Problem With Defining Certain Speech and Crimes as ‘Hate’

    The Problem With Defining Certain Speech and Crimes as ‘Hate’0

    We would all like to live in a world without hate. Indeed, most of us would like to live in a life without hate. But I would like to make another, and more modest, proposal regarding “Hate-“. By this, I mean the use of the word “hate” to add extra zing to some public policy

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  • The Problem With Conflating Sexual Advances With Sexual Harassment

    The Problem With Conflating Sexual Advances With Sexual Harassment0

    It is wrong to ask someone intrusive questions about his private life. A federal appeals court made that clear in allowing a woman to sue over invasive questions by federal officials. It ruled that she had a plausible claim that federal officials violated her constitutional privacy rights by questioning her about private details of her

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  • The Problem With America’s Legal System

    The Problem With America’s Legal System0

    The political culture is buzzing with controversy surrounding institutional racism, police brutality, victimless crime persecution, and so forth. People are talking about the desperate need for criminal justice reform. But that would only scratch the surface of the real problem. A more fundamental take begins with the tragedy of the commons. The tragedy of the

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  • The Problem of Neutral Rhetoric

    The Problem of Neutral Rhetoric0

    Every political argument makes a moral claim. This may seem like an obvious statement, but it is one that those who craft our political rhetoric seem determined to obscure. We are inclined to appeal to concepts such as tolerance and freedom—which are, of course, moral concepts—as if they are ways to avoid reflecting on the

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  • The Problem of Care in a Culture of Convenience

    The Problem of Care in a Culture of Convenience0

    The reality of caring for the very young (or the very old) while trying to maintain a living is what modern social theorists refer to as “the dependency problem.” In pursuit of maximum efficiency and endless affluence, modern industrial economies require that all able-bodied adults work full-time outside the home. Those who are too young—or

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