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June 2025

The Psychopathic Perspective
I’ve previously written about social predators, people whose primary mode of life consists, not of creating value, but of transferring value created by…
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Michael Huemer
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Greatness or Virtue
Guest post by Iskra Fileva
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Iskra Fileva
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Reflections of an Apostate
Here, I discuss the evolution of my political consciousness, plus the fate of heterodox thinkers in the academy.* I wrote about this for a book of…
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Michael Huemer
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The Probability of God
What’s the probability that God exists?
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Michael Huemer
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May 2025

Groundless Morals
Here, I talk about whether you need God to ground morality.
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Michael Huemer
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The Roots of Evil
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Michael Huemer
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Reply to Walter Block on Ethical Vegetarianism
Here, I respond to Walter Block about ethical vegetarianism.* Block is a libertarian economist whom I met when I spent a year (on sabbatical) in New…
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Michael Huemer
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Self-Sabotage
Albert Camus, in a short story titled “Jonas, or the Artist at Work,” describes a painter named Jonas who gradually squanders his talent:
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Iskra Fileva
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Trade, Tariffs, & Make-Work Bias
Trade is in the news because of the Trump tariffs.
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Michael Huemer
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