Category: Politics

Liberty as Domination

Liberty as Domination

“Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination. The range of choice open to the individual is not the decisive factor in determining the degree...

What’s Your Ethic of Voting?

What’s Your Ethic of Voting?

A single vote may rarely make a difference for good or ill, but cumulatively votes obviously have practical consequence, and so I think we can reasonably speak of an ethics of voting that applies...

Mitt Romney’s Pro-Choice Ad

Mitt Romney’s Pro-Choice Ad

As someone who tries to follow closely the intersections of religion and politics, I am intrigued by Romney’s recent television ad (embedded below) in which he essentially takes a limited pro-choice philosophical position.  The...

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