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False Realism and Utopianism
Conservatism is a defense of the existing order or past existing orders as "natural". Any potential alternative to the existing order or to the romantisized past order is immediately brushed aside as "unnatural" and "utopian"...
Posted Wed, Jun 25 2008 by Brainpolice | 7 comment(s)
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The Myth of "The Rule of Law"
The theory of a republic is essentially that, in contrast to democracy in which there is tyranny of the majority and in contrast to monarchy in which there is the rule of a single man or oligarchy, the law itself is what rules rather than men. In essence...
Posted Mon, Apr 28 2008 by Brainpolice | 10 comment(s)
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On Human Nature
It is common for humans to be presented as being separate from and even antagonistic with nature. In particular, some radical environmentalists portray human beings as inherently waging war on mother nature, that our existance is intrinsically destructive...
Posted Wed, Jan 2 2008 by Brainpolice | 11 comment(s)
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The Decline of Morality in the West
I believe in objective secular morality, founded on reason and universalism. I think a common mistake is the idea that if we ditch religion, we must fall back on moral relativity. Then the religious people feed on this and get to accuse secular people...
Posted Sat, Dec 22 2007 by Brainpolice | 3 comment(s)
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The Rational and Individualist Case Against Racism
I'd like to state upfront that I am not an egalitarian, which is to say that I am fully aware of the fact that people are inherently unequal with respect to their mental and physical capabilities as individuals, and I despise the politically correct...
Posted Sat, Dec 1 2007 by Brainpolice | 8 comment(s)
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