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Rawls, Bailey, Alterman, Progressive Taxation, and the Veil of Ignorance I gave three takes on Rawls’ Veil of Ignorance here. The concept actually takes thinkers pretty far in terms of evaluating a number of social issues. Is Slavery moral? Circa 1860, if you were going to be placed into a random position in society, you […]

Slow Post Day I’m still working on my Rawls follow-up, but in the meantime I do have one thing to point out to my readers: Michael Savage is a jackass. I guess that makes the decision-makers at MSNBC objectively pro-jackass. AB