tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post2547598491776157671..comments2024-03-28T03:16:14.104-04:00Comments on Noahpinion: Moral compass: no thanksNoah Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093917601641588575noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-90642518425609473872012-11-04T11:38:35.637-05:002012-11-04T11:38:35.637-05:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoeconomicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThermoeconomicsJasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10172073587383859800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-19247556230686871412011-02-09T00:32:37.403-05:002011-02-09T00:32:37.403-05:00Very well played. One could expand upon the point ...Very well played. One could expand upon the point by noting that many economists have seen themselves -- explicitly or implicitly -- as the heirs of the Natural Law theory descending from Locke, and have thus brought a priesthood mentality to their work. One sees this tendency made most explicit in the "moral philosophy" of Murray Rothbard. But it is even more instructive to notice how little space separates him from Mises, who does not explicitly use that idiom.<br /><br />My only quibble is that you are discounting too hastily the possibility that allowing heroin use would increase total happiness.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943136764424893492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-76803939909170178812011-01-27T21:29:13.984-05:002011-01-27T21:29:13.984-05:00How far can any study that affects current human a...How far can any study that affects current human actions be a "science" - ie divorced in its process (if not its ends) from values? Nitro-glycerine does not care what uses you put it to.Peter Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13289172253358199028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17232051.post-33529789836223441482011-01-27T09:46:02.091-05:002011-01-27T09:46:02.091-05:00Good post.Good post.Jolly Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09631364433925344569noreply@blogger.com