Archive for Loren Lomasky
Sudden Impact: The Collision of Ethics and Air Bag Mandates
Loren Lomasky teaches philosophy at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, and is the author of Persons, Rights, and the Moral Community. This article is adapted from a paper published by the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
A John Elway forward pass travels toward its receiver at over 70 miles per hour; Randy Johnson’s fastball darts from [...]
Freedom and the Car
Loren Lomasky teaches philosophy at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. This essay was originally produced as a working paper for the Competitive Enterprise Institute. A longer version appeared in Independent Review.
Years before the automobile evolved into a transportation necessity, before meandering mudded ruts were replaced by multilaned asphalt, pioneering motorists took to [...]
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