All Posts Tagged With: "reason"
The Freeman Plugged @ Reason Site
Reason magazine’s Hit & Run blog gives a brief plug to our special Freeman issue on the Civil War. See it here.
14Apr2011 | Sheldon Richman | 1 comment | ContinuedCan We Be Free If Reason Is the Slave of the Passions?
The writings of David Hume (1711–1776) are a treasure trove for those eager to find pithy, polished memorable quotes to bolster their arguments in favor of freedom, justice, and against the arrogance and follies of governments. It is difficult to resist the youthful élan of his major philosophical work, A Treatise of Human Nature (1739–1740), [...]
1Oct2007 | Frank van Dun | 0 comments | ContinuedMerchant Ape: The Biology of Trade
Living creatures have adapted to their environments through millions of years of natural selection operating on both physical and behavioral characteristics. Cats climb trees and catch mice because in addition to installing the necessary physical equipment for these activities, natural selection also “designed” cats to want to do them. Behavioral adaptation is crucial to survival, [...]
1Jan2003 | Dori LeCroy | 0 comments | ContinuedOn Reading History
Economics is the discipline that I loved first and that I continue to love above all. The economic way of thinking—as the late Paul Heyne called it—is a potent solvent for cutting through the nonsense and irrelevancies that typically loom large in policy discussions. No one lacking a solid grasp of economic principles can understand [...]
1Aug2001 | Donald J. Boudreaux | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Common Good Demystified
Edward Younkins is professor of accountancy and business administration at Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, West Virginia. The idea of the common good has been one of the most vague and most difficult concepts to clarify in the history of man. For many, the common good has primacy over persons and thus takes precedence over self-interest. [...]
1May2000 | Edward W. Younkins | 2 comments | ContinuedHeart over Mind: The Death of JFK, Jr.
Eric Nolte is an airline pilot, a writer, and a classically trained pianist and composer of contemporary concert music. E-mail him at ericnolte@compuserve.com. Because I am an airline captain for a major carrier, I was deluged by friends with questions from the moment John F. Kennedy, Jr.’s airplane disappeared last July. “Why on earth was [...]
1Feb2000 | Eric Nolte | 0 comments | ContinuedAmerica: An Adventure in Seven Live Ideas
Dr. Evans, professor, philosopher, poet, lecturer, died in 1954. This article is condensed from an unpublished manuscript. When our indomitable Founding Fathers crossed the Atlantic Ocean to the eastern shores of the Western Hemisphere, they brought a cargo of five live ideas: • The Greek Idea: The Primacy of Reason • [...]
1Sep1956 | Edwin Barlow Evans | 1 comment | Continued-
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