Erosophia

Category: Philosophy

  • Contra Peikoff on Rape

    by Jason Stotts I think that Leonard Peikoff has done some great things for Objectivism, he is like a demi-Aquinas, but when he talks about sex and sexual issues, it makes me really sad.  Frankly, his position on rape is both disgraceful and disgusting. I don’t know how anyone of good moral character or intelligence could…

  • SoCal Objectivist Lecture

    by Jason Stotts For anyone who is in the Southern California area and who wants to hear me speak, I’ll be giving a live lecture in two weeks, on Saturday February 11th, in Riverside California.  Details can be found at www.SoCalObjectivists.com.

  • Objectivist Blog Carnival

    by Jason Stotts Welcome to the January 26, 2012 edition of the Objectivist Round Up and the 17th time Erosophia has hosted! Today’s quote is from Jean-Baptiste Say: Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right? If you have never read Say, he is worth reading and is a clear…

  • Minimum Wage Laws

    by Jason Stotts This short video does a very good job of explaining the problem of minimum wage laws. One problem that it does not address is this: let’s say under market conditions you employ 100 low-level workers each for $1 per day.  In order to rectify this “social injustice” a minimum wage law is…

  • The Logical Necessity of the Oxford Comma

    by Jason Stotts I detest when people don’t use the “Oxford Comma,” which, sadly, is no longer used even by Oxford.  For those who don’t know, it’s the last comma in a set before the “and.” Let’s say you want to talk about three separate things, you would write it thus: A, B, and C.…

  • Presidential Candidates and Liberty

    by Jason Stotts As the caucuses (cauci?) and debates heat up, it is important to look through the political rhetoric and to remember to think in principles.  To that end I want to suggest that people take a look at the ACLU’s “Campaign Report Card,” where they rank each of the Republican and Libertarian candidates…

  • Best of 2011

    by Jason Stotts 2011 was a good year for Erosophia.  Traffic was up dramatically from the year before, even though there were fewer overall posts (206 in 2010, 149 in 2011) Erosophia’s 2011 Traffic: We’ve also seen the birth of the Erosophia podcast and it’s very first episode. I have some exciting things planned for 2012 and…

  • Letters

    by Jason Stotts Sometimes I get a little depressed about my work here on Erosophia and on my book-in-progress Eros and Ethos. It’s not that I’m not proud of what I’m doing, because I am. But sometimes it seems like I’m not getting anywhere. My progress on Eros and Ethos is moving at a snail’s…