Brant Gaede Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 The irony is that the best should survive, not necessarily the fittest, who do because they are the fittest. Since they will, theirs is not a moral issue. The problem is getting the best into the fittest category and politically that is best done by living in a free society. Or, for the best it's a moral issue, for the fittest, sans the best, it isn't necessarily. It's just happenstance save in the case of evil--i.e., the destruction of European Jewry by the Nazis who de-fit them for survival in Germany dominated societies. To restate--"social Darwinism" is a moral lie for there is no morality involved. Whoever heard of the fittest not surviving because they were the fittest? And there are a lot of unfit survivors--of the stress of living. Generally theirs is a parasitic existence, which is not necessarily a denigration, but they cannot or will not create value for trade in excess of their consumption.--Brantoh, that was a damn good one, George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Barack Obama, Social Darwinism, and Survival of the Fittest, Part 2. My Cato Essay #25 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 Barack Obama, Social Darwinism, and Survival of the Fittest, Part 3 My Cato Essay #26 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 Thomas Jefferson on Public Eduation, Part 2My Cato Essay #27 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 Neoconservatism Versus Libertarianism, Part 1 My Cato Essay #28 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted May 15, 2012 Author Share Posted May 15, 2012 Neoconservatism Versus Libertarianism, Part 2 "Smith gives a personal twist to his criticism of neoconservatism. He tells the story of how a disagreement with Roy Childs over the ideas of Irving Kristol resulted in a serious argument."My Cato Essay #29 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 Neoconservatism Versus Libertarianism, Part 3 "Smith explores the ideas of Irving Kristol and Robert Bork on culture. He begins with a discussion of the anti-jazz crusade of the 1920s."My Cato Essay #30 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9thdoctor Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Reason magazine noticed your latest:http://reason.com/bl...t-the-jazz-clubReminds me of a silly Lyndon LaRouche piece I read once on Jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted May 29, 2012 Author Share Posted May 29, 2012 Thomas Hodgskin: Libertarian Extraordinaire, Part 1"Smith begins his series on Thomas Hodgskin, one of the most remarkable, if little known and unjustly neglected, libertarian thinkers of the nineteenth century."My Cato Essay #31 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Thomas Hodgskin: Libertarian Extraordinaire, Part 2"Smith discusses Thomas Hodgskin's most controversial work, Labour Defended Against the Claims of Capital."My Cato Essay #32 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaalChatzaf Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Thomas Hodgskin: Libertarian Extraordinaire, Part 2"Smith discusses Thomas Hodgskin's most controversial work, Labour Defended Against the Claims of Capital."My Cato Essay #32 is now up.GhsYou come up with really good stuff.Ba'al Chatzaf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 Thomas Hodgskin, Libertarian Extraordinaire, Part 3. "Smith begins his discussion of the free-market theories of Thomas Hodgskin."My Cato Essay #33 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 Thomas Hodgskin: Libertarian Extraordinaire, Part 4Smith continues his discussion of Thomas Hodgskin by exploring some of the key arguments in his neglected book on economics, Popular Political Economy.My Cato Essay #34 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted June 26, 2012 Author Share Posted June 26, 2012 Jeremy Bentham's Attack on Natural Rights ."Smith discusses the utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham and why it so alarmed the defenders of natural rights."My Cato Essay #35 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Thomas Hodgskin Versus Jeremy Bentham "Smith discusses Thomas Hodgskin’s critique of utilitarianism and taxation, and his contention that the primary concern of legislators is to preserve their own power."My Cato Essay #36 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer "Smith begins his series on Spencer's pessimistic outlook on the future of freedom and the reasons behind it."My Cato Esssay #37 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 2 "Smith discusses the controversy about Spencer’s use of opium and its possible effect on his later pessimism."Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays this writer from the swift completion of his Cato Essays. In other words, my Cato Essay #38 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 2"Smith discusses the controversy about Spencer's use of opium and its possible effect on his later pessimism."Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays this writer from the swift completion of his Cato Essays. In other words, my Cato Essay #38 is now up.GhsWe all know you have an evil genius' brain in a jar in your basement that's dictating all your essays.--Brantat least give it some fish food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 http://www.facebook.com/george.h.smith.7See "Another Plea" on my Facebook Wall.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 3 "Smith discusses Spencer's opposition to the Boer War -- a cause that dominated the last several years of his life."My Cato Essay #39 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brant Gaede Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 3 "Smith discusses Spencer's opposition to the Boer War -- a cause that dominated the last several years of his life."My Cato Essay #39 is now up.GhsI wonder what would have happened if ("the odious," [Jeff R.]) Winston Churchill had been killed.--Brantthat war never made the least sense to me; maybe after the read it willedit: nice start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 4"Smith discusses Spencer's theory of social progress, while calling attention to some of its theoretical problems."My Cato Essay #40 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 5 Smith discusses some of Spencer’s concerns about the intellectual and moral obstacles to achieving a free society My Cato Essay #41 is now up. Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted August 14, 2012 Author Share Posted August 14, 2012 From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 6 "Smith discusses how Spencer applied his general principles to nineteenth-century Germany and France, and how his analyses contributed to his pessimistic outlook on the future of freedom."My Cato Essay #42 is now up.Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George H. Smith Posted August 21, 2012 Author Share Posted August 21, 2012 From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 7"Smith discusses Spencer fear that democracy will destroy freedom in the long run."My Cato Essay #43 is now up. I go into considerable detail about Spencer's later opposition to women's suffrage. Ghs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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