Spontaneous Order and Praxeological EthicsIn writing Praxeological Ethics, I borrowed heavily from the moral and legal views of F.A. Hayek. Most explicitly, I referenced his…Jan 17Jan 17
A Review of Every Book I Read in 20242024 has come and gone, which can mean only one thing: time to review every book I read in the past year! As is tradition, at the end of…Jan 9Jan 9
Prescriptivism and PraxeologyIn The Language of Morals, R.M. Hare investigates the problems of ethical philosophy and provides his own “ethical prescriptivism”. I want…Sep 26, 2024Sep 26, 2024
Understanding Mises’s EthicsLudwig von Mises was among the last of an old-breed: an Enlightenment polymath who wrote on a variety of topics. Even though Mises’…Aug 27, 2024Aug 27, 2024
Understanding Positive and Normative StatementsIn Chapter III of Praxeological Ethics, I discussed the famous Is/Ought problem of moral philosophy, reaching the conclusion that there is…Aug 17, 20241Aug 17, 20241
Unpeeling the Ethical OnionIn my book, Praxeological Ethics, I spent most of the book discussing the theoretical side of ethics — how to understand ethical…Aug 11, 2024Aug 11, 2024
