Interview Ryan Patrick Hanley on Adam Smith October 08, 2019 Adam Smith is best known today as the founder of modern economics, but he was also an uncommonly brilliant philosopher who was especially interested in the perennial question of how to live a good life.聽 Read More
Interview Justin Smith on Irrationality April 08, 2019 It鈥檚 a story we can鈥檛 stop telling ourselves. Once, humans were benighted by superstition and irrationality, but then the Greeks invented reason. Later, the Enlightenment enshrined rationality as the supreme value. Discovering that reason is the defining feature of our species, we named ourselves the 鈥渞ational animal.鈥� Read More
Essay Jason Brennan: When the state is unjust, citizens may use justifiable violence January 29, 2019 If you see police choking someone to death 鈥� such as Eric Garner, the 43-year-old black horticulturalist wrestled down on the streets of New York City in 2014 鈥� you might choose to pepper-spray them and flee. You might even save an innocent life. But what ethical considerations justify such dangerous heroics? Read More
Essay Isaiah Berlin and European Politics May 06, 2013 New editions of works by Isaiah Berlin will be rolling out this spring into next fall! Among the works that will be reprinted is one of his quintessential essays, The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy鈥檚 View of History. Read More
Essay Throwback Thursday with Isaiah Berlin: The Roots of Romanticism May 02, 2013 The Roots of Romanticism was first published by 91桃色 in 1998. Read More
Essay Throwback Thursday with Isaiah Berlin: The Crooked Timber of Humanity April 03, 2013 Throwback Thursday with Isaiah Berlin: The Crooked Timber of Humanity was first published by 91桃色 in 1998. Read More
Essay Throwback Thursday with Isaiah Berlin: Against the Current April 01, 2013 In celebration of the new printings of works by Isaiah Berlin Read More
