The public feeds on mediocrity, but does not love what is mediocre. (Francesco Nitti) Argument for Democracy As a simple matter of justice, the purpose of government should be to make wise political decisions that promote the flourishing of its citizens. A government should thus be devoted to the public interest, not the personal interest of a sovereign class or ruler. Yet a ruling class or king might still be effective at promoting a people's flourishing, so why prefer democracy on … [Read more...]
Are Ethnopluralists Racist?
This blog post was written for people who believe that ethnopluralism is nothing but a racist's rhetorical feint to sound more intellectual, less unethical. In truth, rather than being dog-whistling racists, ethnopluralists are proponents of international self-determination and global ethnical self-defense. Definitions ethnicity = a people's common ancestry, culture, language, society, homeland, and history racism = the normative statement that one ethnicity—typically one's own—is … [Read more...]
Guillaume Faye on Anti-Racism
Guillaume Faye, a French political theorist, defines anti-racism metapolitically as the "doctrine [that] encourages discrimination in favour of aliens, the dissolution of European identity, the multi-racialisation of European society, and, at root, paradoxically, racism itself" (Why We Fight, p. 77). Mr. Faye's critique of anti-racists consists of five main points: Anti-racists are hypocritical. Combating racism and xenophobia is their pretense to replace European identity with economic, … [Read more...]
Will Precedes Morality
Where does morality come from? In the final remarks of my recent post on the is–ought problem, I wrote, Morality cannot act as a substitute for a personal or political will. 'Ought' cannot replace 'want'. This is such an important statement that I have to expand on it here, but first some examples: In a community, the people's collective will precedes morality. In a monarchy, the king's exalted will precedes morality. In religion, God's eternal will precedes morality. In … [Read more...]
Let’s Unriddle The Is–Ought Problem (Meta-Ethics)
The Problem Hume's law states that we cannot derive 'ought' (normative statements) from 'is' (descriptive statements) because there is a fundamental difference between how the world factually is and how it morally ought to be. Consider these two examples: The sociobiological fact that men are genetically predisposed to be sexually aggressive does not permit the conclusion that men ought to rape women. The zoological fact that people of all races are human beings does not permit the … [Read more...]
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