Philosophy Bro, as Hubski dubbed Michael Huemer, has moved to Substack.
I Love Corporations is archived.
This was a great discussion.
Further reading:
- 1 The Fundamental Social Problem
Humans are selfish.
Some actions harm others but benefit the agent.
Prediction from 1+2: There is going to be a lot of extremely net-harmful behavior.
2 Solutions
Individual Retaliation
The Fantasy Solution: Let’s just teach people to be nice.
Government
Anarcho-Capitalism
Now, what sucks about the first three solutions?
The Basic Problem of Government
- The basic problem of government, from my previous post:
Government officials are selfish.
Some government actions harm other people but benefit government officials.
Prediction: There is going to be a lot of net-harmful government behavior.
Here are four solutions, from the same post:
Meta-Government
Separation of Powers
Constitutions
Democracy
Let’s think about why each of these are weak solutions.
If you would like to have a conversation about these, post one up here.