All Posts Tagged With: "generosity"
Are You Being Served?
“In the animal kingdom,” said psychiatrist Thomas Szasz, “the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.” It is important to use words carefully, to use words that have as exact a meaning as you can achieve. Those who manage to persuade others to use the words they wish [...]
1Nov2008 | David R. Henderson | 3 comments | ContinuedThe War on Charity
“Congress is going to rebuild Afghanistan for billions, and they can’t take care of 3200 people,” complained Kenneth Foster, husband of one of the September 11 victims, at a public hearing earlier this year. In his view, and that of many other victims’ families, who vigorously applauded his remarks, the September 11 Victims’ Compensation Fund [...]
1Jun2002 | Doug Bandow | 1 comment | ContinuedReclassifying a Classic
Daniel Oliver is a research associate at the Washington, D.C.-based Capital Research Center (http://www.capitalresearch.org) and a freelance writer. A version of this article originally appeared in the December 26, 1997, Wall Street Journal. For a century and a half, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) has been read and reread, told and retold, performed [...]
1Dec1999 | Daniel T. Oliver | 24 comments | ContinuedUnrugged Individualism: The Selfish Basis of Benevolence and Generosity: Virtue in Civil Society
Andrew Cohen teaches philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point. Critics often wonder how an ethics of self-interest has room for good will toward others, since it seems that egoism demands a ruthless unconcern for others. According to this caricature, egoists must cherish independence and eschew helping or being nice to other people. Is [...]
1Nov1998 | Andrew I. Cohen | 0 comments | Continued-
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