I had a teacher today claim, with a straight face, that there is no such thing as right and wrong answers to questions of morality. She purported that there is no significant difference in the overall well-being of people in Sweden as opposed to those of Rwanda. She claimed that a suicide bomber is morally [...]
28Jun10
A Difference of Ethical Systems
By: Barry Belmont
By: Barry Belmont
By: Barry Belmont
A French high court has just decided that a 52 year-old disfigured woman (seen at right) who has suffered unimaginable physical and psychological pain due to a rare disease is not allowed to have her qualified (and willing) doctor administer a lethal dose of drugs to end her suffering and kill her. Law should exist only insofar as it [...]
By: Barry Belmont
Recently, John and I participated in a tri-partisan debate wherein we debated our view of libertarian philosophy with two other political clubs, the Young Democrats and the College Republicans. We talked about this and we talked about that (perhaps we’ll even post a blog or two about our feelings about the debate itself), but it [...]
By: Barry Belmont
Having found myself with about ten minutes of free time in between studying for my state-funded classes (Principles of Animal Behavior and Mechatronics) at my state-funded school (the University of Nevada, Reno), I decided I’d use it to address what has to be one of the most often repeated criticisms of we libertarians over here [...]
By: Barry Belmont
By: Barry Belmont
I know absolutely nothing about running a university. My knowledge of economies of scale, of recent financial crises, and of what needs to be done to ensure self-sustaining microeconomies is minimally theoretical at best with practical aspects not nuancing my ideology to any great degree. I am not a proponent of governments, bureaucracies, and their [...]
By: Barry Belmont
For those interested in such manners (I’m looking at you VisLupiEstGrex), the ASUN Senate allocated an extra $64,000 in student funds yesterday. Why they didn’t just give $5 back to every student is beyond me. How are they to know that students wouldn’t rather get a Big Mac or pick around the Wal-Mart DVD bin? [...]
By: Barry Belmont
The perversification of the sciences of biology, genetics, medicine, sociology, and psychology, the utter disregard for the institution of acceptance and tolerance, and the disgusting, romping foray into the most shameful shadows of xenophobia that still plague the otherwise noble humanist values to which much of this country suscribes can all be seen in the [...]
By: Barry Belmont
When our voice is reduced to a single button push, when who we are as a person with hopes and dreams and aspirations can be demeaned to the point of absurdity with such statements as “the only way to be heard is to vote,” when noses are looked down and idols are held up at [...]
