Saturday, September 17, 2016

Bad Stripe Is Evident in More QOL Indicators

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New as of 2023: southern half of the Appalachian part of the Bad Stripe doing better than than northern half (divider is basically along t...

Paintings of Unnoticed Places

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Westside San Joaquin I've run across Stephanie Taylor's work before, in the hospital where I work, and on every occasion they...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Problems of Utilitarianism #3: Hypothetical Happiness Matters, Unless It Doesn't

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I spent the previous post about problems of utilitarianism critiquing the repugnant conclusion , by saying that what counts is utility as ex...

Problems of Utilitarianism #2: Parfit and Rawls Are Incompatible

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Previous problem of utilitarianism here . Next problem of utilitarianism here . The Rawlsian conception of a just society is incompatib...
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Problems of Utilitarianism #1: Real Utility Monsters

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Next problem of utilitarianism here . Utilitarianism is often formulated as the claim: "The best society is the one with the greates...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

In Praise of Dilettantism; Or, Going Through "Phases" As Therapy

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Those of us with wide-ranging interests can hit a wall at a certain age. As our career takes a greater share of our time, it becomes more d...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

The Bad Stripe = "Greater Appalachia"

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The Bad Stripe I've identified based on voting out of sync with the rest of the country and even the rest of their states, and a consis...