Author Archives: Steven Mazie

Ayn Rand devotees are now finding love connections at Atlasphere.com, but what is out there for philosophers whose tastes run less libertarian?  We need websites to fill the void.  For starters:  JohnRawlsMatch.com (“Maximizing the romantic potential of the least desirable Americans … Continue reading →

                An exchange on the Praxis blog at Big Think on how Kant would evaluate the Obama administration’s escalation of drone warfare: Last week’s post built a case against drones based on the categorical imperative.  Today’s essay argues that … Continue reading →

Yes, the metaphysician has wrangled a Twitter account from his home in the noumenal realm and is taking sides in today’s election.

A response at the Economist to Katherine Magnu-Ward’s argument in Reason against the rationality of voting.

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely recently argued in the Atlantic that “Americans want to live in a much more equal country (they just don’t realize it).” A new post in the Economist refutes Ariely’s conclusion by challenging his interpretation of survey … Continue reading →

Recent best-selling books by cognitive psychologists point toward a thesis of human irrationality — a claim that hasn’t greeted with enough critical analysis by political philosophers. If you took the three-question quiz linked here last week, chances are you answered some … Continue reading →

Irony lurks in the surge of interest in cognitive psychologists’ research on human reasoning: we seem to be desperately interested in thinking about how poorly we think. Here’s a quiz to test your own powers of rationality, with some questions … Continue reading →