Comments on: Ought Implies Can

By: Steve Horwitz on Health Care: Ought Implies Can « Daniel Joseph Smith

Steve Horwitz on Health Care: Ought Implies Can « Daniel Joseph Smith — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:59:16 +0000

[...] Steve Horwitz on Health Care: Ought Implies Can By Daniel J. Smith http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/ought-implies-can/ [...]

By: Can we do what we “ought” to do? : Minor Thoughts

Can we do what we “ought” to do? : Minor Thoughts — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:11:48 +0000

[...] I just read a pretty good essay over at The Freeman, discussing the difference between what we can do and what we ought to do. Too often, people talk about what we ought to do before even considering if we can do it. The essay, appropriately enough is Ought Implies Can. [...]

By: Shakes

Shakes — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:58:46 +0000

I loved the article.

It is all about the unintended consequences.

By: Cokehead

Cokehead — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:26:13 +0000

The article starts with a strawman, viciously attacks said strawman, and then insults the strawman\\\’s perception on issues, using nonsensical metaphores and more philosophy than anything practical..

The problem, of course, is that it\\\’s all a strawman.