The Intellectuals and Politics (November 28, 2008 workshop)
‘The Intellectuals and Politics’. A Lecture held by Marian Panait, researcher at the Romanian Academy Institute of Philosophy.
‘The Intellectuals and Politics’. A Lecture held by Marian Panait, researcher at the Romanian Academy Institute of Philosophy.
A workshop on the critical piece written by Sorin Cucerai on consumer culture. Present on Repeat. Meditation on the American Crisis‘.
A new debate with Dragos Paul Aligica: Three Capital Errors(and Many Other Less Grave) of Libertarianism. The Strengths, Weaknesses and Future of the Libertarian Move‘.
‘Status of the Classical Liberal Move: An Assessment in the Light of the Current Electoral Evolution. What is the meaning of the current electoral evolution in the USA and Romania and what are their implications on the strategies which the classic-liberal move follows. Special guest: Dragos Paul Aligica.
A political philosophy workshop before Hillel Steiner’s lecture, Tuesday, at the Philosophy Collage. Presented by: Kostea Vica si Ionut Sterpan To read: Barbara Fried – Left Libertarianism: A Review Essay Vallentyne, Steiner, Otsuka – Why Left Libertarianism is Not Incoherent, Indeterminate, or Irrelevant Tom Palmer – Review of An Essay on Rights Hillel Steiner –
Is the financial crisis a Capitalism phenomenon unattended to? Some might say agree and go on to link this belief with recommendations of massive government intervention on the financial market. Could it possibly be that the crisis erupted because of the government’s credit expansion policies? Could a new liquidities injection aimed to unclog the system
Saturday, 11 October is the International Day against Governmental Surveillance. There are protests as well; they come as a reaction from the people to some projects of legislative modification which enable governmental secret services to broaden their scope of action. These modifications are reactions to terrorist danger. The hot debate is made on the law
Plot summary: The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding (John Cusack), a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard (L.Q. Jones), a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of Myrl’s horses and their Crow Indian caretaker, Billy (Rodney A. Grant). When a local judge throws out Myrl’s complaint, the war he wages
A comment session on Emil Socaciu’s doctoral thesis “The problem with justice and the restitution of nationalized properties in Post-communist Romania”. The discussion is on: section 2.2 (Property rights and normal socialization), section 2.3 (What is the moral value of a restitution) and the conclusion section (What we’ve achieved).
Vlad Tarko The main psychological ingredient that enables social organization is trust. When trust is present, physical threat is not necessary in order to guarantee agreements, and trades are mutually beneficial. Aggression plays a role in persuading someone to accept to do something that’s not in their interest. Thus, in the absence of trust, we