Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Brief Essay on the Post Sept 11 Recession
Tuesday, March 26, 2002 Brief Essay on the Post Sept 11 Recession: (this was written for my IHS application) If government wishes to see a depression ended as quickly as possible, and the economy returned to normal prosperity, what course should it adopt? The first and clearest injunction is: don’t interfere with the market’s adjustment…
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The Moral and Economic Basis of Government
November 27, 2001 POLS 475 Essay #2 by David Veksler Topic: When does “big government” become too big? The Moral and Economic Basis of Government. Throughout the last decade, “Big Government” has been frequently denounced by Republicans and Democrats alike, especially after the term was popularized by President Reagan in the 1980’s and Clinton…
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Listserv: How I Discovered Selfishness
October 8, 2001 How I Discovered Selfishness From: David Veksler <webmaster@c…> Date: Mon Oct 8, 2001 12:14 am Subject: PHIL class response/Reaction to reaction to someone’s reaction/My Life’s Story/Command vs Autonomous Ethical Theory So, Unlike some of the “simple, sheltered minds” here, I’ve given my morality and philosophy a lot of thought for as long…
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When should government promote or assist private business?
Monday, September 24, 2001 When should government promote or assist private business? POLS 475 Essay #1 by David Veksler Never. That is the short answer, and it is a substantial claim considering the plethora of subsidies and financial support given to business by the federal and state governments today. There are several reasons why government…
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Abroad in search of monsters to destroy
Wednesday, September 12, 2001 Abroad in search of monsters to destroy By David V. When a friend called me with the news about Manhattan early Tuesday morning, I dismissed it as a sick joke until I turned on the television and realized that this was no joke. Certainly, I had many times thought of the…
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Pre-Blog Archive
(Copied from http://web.archive.org…) What’s New Here: 3-01-01 I just got Dreamweaver, and will be working on a new site soon, with updated images, and no more messy front page html. –Yay! 3-02-01 You’d be amazed how much cleaner HTML is without all those Frontage comments… 3-23-01 Newsflash: I finally have a domain name: www.captdavid.com, and…
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