February, 2006

Coming Monday: When Does Inequality Matter?

Check in Monday morning for a new lead essay on “When Does Inequality Matter?” by David Schmidtz, Professor of Philosophy and joint Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona and author of the newly released Elements of Justice.
And stay tuned over the course of the next two weeks for reaction essays and blog commentary [...]

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Best of the Blogs: Old Europe Roundup

This month’s “Old Europe” issue inspired loads of high-quality online comment. Let’s take a look!

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European Identity: A Work in Progress

by Charles Kupchan

February 21st, 2006

I would like to associate myself with the perspective on multiculturalism offered by Professor Smith. I think he presents a sensible and reasoned definition of the term and how it works in practice.
I would also warn against primordial conceptions of Europe’s traditional nation-states—those holding that Europeans have a far less malleable and open notion [...]

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It Takes Capitalism to Have Socialism

I am afraid that Dr. Dalrymple exaggerates. The type of “multiculturalism” he criticizes reminds me of the far-left’s critique of capitalism. Yes, there are abuses within any large process, such as capitalism, but by focusing on them we miss the big picture. Surely what Dr. Dalrymple describes is grounded in fact, and such violations of [...]

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