30 years ago in reason."Consider the effects of a right to reply law. A newspaper ... could surrender its editorial prerogatives and allow politicians and bureaucrats free access to its pages.... Or, it could simply refuse to cover controversial public figures." --Robert Poole Jr., "No 'Right' to Reply" "In almost every study of social affairs, scholars seek after 'the causes' of behavior--but in terms of their metaphysical met·a·phys·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to metaphysics. 2. Based on speculative or abstract reasoning. 3. Highly abstract or theoretical; abstruse. 4. a. Immaterial; incorporeal. viewpoint, they must exclude people themselves." --Tibor Machan, "Science, Skinner Skin·ner , B(urrhus) F(rederick) 1904-1990. American psychologist. A leading behaviorist, Skinner influenced the fields of psychology and education with his theories of stimulus-response behavior. , and Human Affairs" "Businessmen are both victims and victimizers, legitimate recipients of praise--for where would we be economically without such people--and yet ... legitimate recipients of scorn ... for where would we be if some had not willingly participated in ... corporate socialism?" --D.T. Armentano, "Petroleum, Politics, & Prices" "[Paul Goodman's] political philosophy has always been fusionist--uniting much of what is best in conservatism and anarchism anarchism (ăn`ərkĭzəm) [Gr.,=having no government], theory that equality and justice are to be sought through the abolition of the state and the substitution of free agreements between individuals. .... He devised no rigid ideology, but blended the various tendencies of his thinking into a social wisdom that was both innovative and traditional." --Ian Young, "Paul Goodman There have been multiple well-known individuals named Paul Goodman:
n. An advocate of or a participant in anarchism. anarchist Noun 1. a person who advocates anarchism 2. " |
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