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Aristotelian Liberalism

American vs. British SF, Revisited

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché May 1, 2010 @ 12:22 am Aristotelian Liberalism

A while back I published a blogpost here about the individualist American strain of SF and the more cosmological perspective of the British strain. I just published and expanded and revised version at The Libertarian Standard, working in more explicit libertarian observations.

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Liberty, Virtue, and the Autobot Way

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché December 8, 2009 @ 6:02 pm (Austrian) Economics

That was to be the subtitle for my chapter in Open Court‘s recent addition to their Popular Culture and Philosophy series, Transformers and Philosophy: More Than Meets the Mind. Alas, no subtitles made it into the book. I have received official permission to provide a pdf copy of my chapter, “Freedom Is the Right of [...]

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My JLS Atlas Shrugged Article, Finally!

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché November 12, 2009 @ 11:20 am Aristotelian Liberalism

The “final” issue of the Journal of Libertarian Studies is finally available online, although it looks like there will be one more final issue for all the other accepted but unpublished articles. This is the Atlas Shrugged Symposium issue, the last issue edited by Roderick Long, and I’m proud to say it includes an article [...]

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Oughtism and Its Cure

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché May 29, 2009 @ 2:06 pm Aristotelian Liberalism

I decided to rename my blog “Is-Ought GAP: The Cure for Oughtism,” simultaneously turning separate eristic jokes by Stephan Kinsella and another libertarian on their heads.1 The following are some excerpts from two sections of one chapter of Veatch’s For an Ontology of Morals: A Critique of Contemporary Ethical Theory. Veatch calls the mentality he [...]

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My dissertation is completed, approved and now online

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché January 21, 2009 @ 2:01 pm (Austrian) Economics

Well, I finally finished my dissertation and now it’s available online for anyone to read. I actually defended it on December 2nd. My committee approved it under the condition that I make some revisions, which is not an unusual occurrence. They mainly wanted me to flesh out and clarify some things in chapters five and [...]

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Immanent Politics, Participatory Democracy, and the Pursuit of Eudaimonia

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché May 20, 2008 @ 3:04 pm Aristotelian Liberalism

This is the paper I presented at ASC, chapter 5 of my dissertation.After much too much procrastination the rough draft is finallyfinished and it’s uploaded to my website. I’m sure it’s in need ofrevision so constructive comments, suggestions and criticisms arewelcome.

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Comments on Roderick Long’s “Inside and Outside Spooner’s Natural Law Jurisprudence”

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché January 29, 2008 @ 1:43 pm Aristotelian Liberalism

During December 27-30, 2007 I attended the annual eastern division meeting of the American Philosophical Society. There I offered comments on Roderick’s paper, “Inside and Outside Spooner’s Natural Law Jurisprudence,” presented as part of the Molinari Society Symposium. I have been remiss in procrastinating on typing up and posting my comments. So now, fully a [...]

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Eudaimonia, Virtue, and the Right to Liberty

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché October 31, 2007 @ 1:09 pm Aristotelian Liberalism

Well, I’ve finally completed the first draft of my first dissertation chapter, chapter two (chapter one being the introduction which I will write later). This is the central chapter of the dissertation. I’m hoping to get it published as a separate journal article as well. The working title is “Eudaimonia, Virtue, and the Right to [...]

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Rand on the Relationship between Values and Virtues

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché October 30, 2007 @ 12:43 pm Aristotelian Liberalism

I have uploaded a brief essay giving my interpretation of the relationship between values and virtues in Rand’s though. It was written to fulfill the writing assignment of the TAS/TOC 2007 Grad Student Summer Seminar I attended in August. Enjoy.

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Dissertation Prospectus

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché May 3, 2007 @ 7:54 am Aristotelian Liberalism

A couple of weeks ago I successfully defended my dissertation research proposal. The dissertation’s working title is “Aristotelian Liberalism: An Inquiry into the Foundations of a Free and Flourishing Society.” If you’re interested, you can read the proposal here (pdf). The EpigraphsFreedom is, in truth, a sacred thing. There is only one thing else that [...]

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