Philosopher Quizzes & Trivia

Yet few novels have had an impact as enduring as Atlas Shrugged, a dystopian allegory in which captains of industry struggle against stifling regulations and an over-reaching government and one by one close down production, bringing the world economy

When any number of persons engage in a practice, or conduct a joint undertaking according to rules, and thus restrict their liberty, those who have submitted to these restrictions when required have the right to a similar acquiescence on the part of

I do not want, therefore, to be interpreted as assuming a general theory of human motivation: when i suppose that the parties are mutually self-interested, and are not willing to have their (substantial) interests sacrificed to others, i am referring

Now the conception of justice as fairness, when applied to the practice of slavery with its offices of slaveholder and slave, would not allow one to consider the advantages of the slaveholder in the first place. as that office is not in accordance wi