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An enormous amount of confusion surrounds any discussion of philosophy or of science, the relation between them, or the relevance of history to both. Part of the reason for this confusion is that t...

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Ricardo Duchesne argues that the primordial roots of Western uniqueness, with its individualism and autonomous institutions, must be traced back to the aristocratic warlike culture of the Indo-Euro...

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This paper argues that the views of Charles Taylor on justice in income and wealth distribution are fallacious, especially in regard to issues such as private property rights, justice, human rights, and theft. As to this last point, Taylor maintains it is possible, under certain circumstances, to “legitimately steal.” We regard this as a philosophical howler of the first order. We also demur from his contention that equity and equality can be used as synonyms.

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