From Ethics: Approaching Moral Decisions (Contours of Christian Philosophy) by Arthur Holmes: [There are] motives, intentions, and underlying dispositions. What these have in common, first, is that they are all inner states rather than overt behaviors and, second, that they are affective rather than purely cognitive states. A virtue is a right inner disposition, and […]
Freakonomics on Buying a Home
I made note of these two interesting points when I read the original Freakonomics a few years ago, to remember whenever buying and selling a home. They are from pages 7-9 and 71-76. 1. On Incentives Incentives not aligned between seller and real estate agent—if the agent sells your house for $10,000 less, they lose […]
Materialism Cannot Explain Consciousness
Below is an interesting paragraph I jotted down a few years ago from a book called The Mind and the Brain. It’s dense but makes a really good argument against materialism. Materialism is the view that only matter exists, and thus people do not have souls (OK, I grant that no materialist would put it […]
What the Health Reform Bill Really Says
The Wall Street Journal has an important article from a few days ago highlighting some of the important passages in the 2,000 page legislation. Here are the first two highlights: Sec. 202 (p. 91-92) of the bill requires you to enroll in a “qualified plan.” If you get your insurance at work, your employer will […]
20 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, here is the critical segment from Reagan’s famous “tear down this wall” speech:
Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on Health Reform
This is John Mackey’s Wall Street Journal column on health reform from last August. Mackey proposes health savings accounts as a key part of the solution and talks a bit about how they have made things more cost effective at Whole Foods. You can also read the very good interview that the WSJ did with […]
Mike Rogers' Opening Statement on Health Care Reform
This is a very good opening statement on health care reform by congressman Mike Rogers from last summer. Many of his statements go to the core issues:
How Health Savings Accounts Can Reform Health Care Better Than a Goverment Bill — Without Creating Any New Laws
One of the main reasons that we are in this health care mess is that nobody has stated a clear case for health savings accounts. Health savings accounts just may be the “sleeping solution” to the health care problem. But people aren’t seeing this because most of the time when health savings accounts are discussed, […]
The Worst Bill Ever
Nancy Pelosi’s health care bill earns recognition as the worst bill ever by the Wall Street Journal. Here’s the last paragraph: Mr. Obama rode into office on a wave of “change,” but we doubt most voters realized that the change Democrats had in mind was making health care even more expensive and rigid than the […]
What Science Can't Account For
This is a fantastic riff by William Lane Craig from a 1998 debate. It gets really good 1 minute and 20 seconds in. The point: Science is critically important. But it is a fallacy to think that the only beliefs that are rational are those that can be demonstrated scientifically. For many beliefs that we […]
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