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What Else Do We Want Out of Life?
Sometimes, we suffer on account of terrible circumstances such as living in a war zone or getting diagnosed with a grave illness at a young age. At other times, however, a person may be unhappy for no apparent reason. There is occasionally...
Don't Trust the Media*
1. How News Media Works
Here is why I don’t trust the media, and you shouldn’t either. As near as I can tell, this is how the system works:
Step 1: Something happens in the non-media world.
Step 2: A journalist talks to one or a few...
Predation Under Democracy
Here, I summarize the failings of democracy.*
1. Conditions for Predation
It turns out that not all humans are uniformly altruistic. Sometimes they rob each other, injure each other, or play annoying rap music on the subway, for perso...
Progressive Intellectuals: Image vs. Reality
I have spent many years around progressive intellectuals. They fill the academic world and the elite cultural circles of our society. As a group, they seem to me incredibly deceived and self-deceived people—much more self-deceived than righ...
What If There Is No Authority?
Here, I explain my basic argument for libertarianism.*
1. Three Libertarian Premises
Libertarianism rests on three premises:
- The Presumption Against Coercion. Roughly, it’s wrong to coerce people without a good reason.
* I...
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Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is the author of over 90 articles in epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, and metaphysics, as well as a dozen amazing books that you should immediately buy.
I am a philosophy professor and an essayist. I host the Philosopher's Diaries blog at Psychology Today, where I have published on a wide range of topics, including self-sabotage, intimacy, parents who envy their children, and many others.
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