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  • Conservatism

The Caveman Roots of Liberal Democracy?

  • by Will Wilkinson
  • Posted on May 5, 2009

Stimulating thoughts from Razib (aka “David Hume”): But a dispositional conservatism serves more than a…

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  • Human Nature

Vice and The Motive of Wealth

  • by Will Wilkinson
  • Posted on April 13, 2009

This argument from Matt Yglesias seems very poor, especially since Matt is a pretty basic…

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  • Human Nature

The Moral Psychology of David Brooks

  • by Will Wilkinson
  • Posted on April 7, 2009

David Brooks’ column on neo-sentimentalist moral psychology is as exasperating as most of his columns…

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  • Human Nature

Making a Virtue of Altruism

  • by Will Wilkinson
  • Posted on April 6, 2009

Sketchpad post… The creature moved solely by instrumental, self-regarding rationality has a name: sociopath. A…

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  • Human Nature

Place. Limits. Liberty.

  • by Will Wilkinson
  • Posted on March 5, 2009

I think I am going to really enjoy Front Porch Republic (motto: “Place. Limits. Liberty.”),…

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  • Economics

Animal Spirits and Positional Ambition

  • by Will Wilkinson
  • Posted on February 28, 2009

Rob Horning understands me! Please read his post on the economics and politics of “animal…

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  • Human Nature

Morality: A Kludge of Kludges

  • by Will Wilkinson
  • Posted on February 15, 2009

If you’ve got a couple hourse to kill, listen to Stephen Stich explain why the…

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  • Human Nature

The Dwarf Bends the Titan to His Will

  • by Will Wilkinson
  • Posted on February 14, 2009

T.H. Huxley. Hell yes : The propounders of what are called the ” ethics of…

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  • Empiricism

Defending the Study of Race and IQ

  • by Will Wilkinson
  • Posted on February 13, 2009

Cornell University psychologists Stephen Ceci and Wendy Williams defend the study of group difference in…

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  • Human Nature

Are People In Commercial Societies "Better"?

  • by Will Wilkinson
  • Posted on November 11, 2008

In a characteristically penetrating and insightful post on the question “Does the Free Market Corrode…

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