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	<title>The Public Philosopher &#187; Marc</title>
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		<title>I&#8217;m not racist, I have lots of friends who are pale</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/07/13/im-not-racist-i-have-lots-of-friends-who-are-pale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post has a ridiculously amazing article on people who think that the &#8220;tan tax&#8221;, a provision of the health care reform bill charging a 10 percent surcharge on the use of tanning beds, constitutes racism against &#8212; yeah, that&#8217;s right &#8212; pale-skinned people (or is it pigment-challenged Americans?): The case can seem deceptively [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/03/23/was-health-care-reform-illegal/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Was health care reform illegal?'>Was health care reform illegal?</a></li>
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		<title>Should we be required to rewrite the constitution?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/07/06/should-we-be-required-to-rewrite-the-constitution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/07/06/should-we-be-required-to-rewrite-the-constitution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Framers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[constituational convention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post has an interesting article about a constitutional requirement in 14 states according to which voters must decide at least once a generation whether or not to rewrite the constitution.  The provision goes back to the founding of the nation and the idea that in a democracy, it is healthy to not just [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2009/09/03/libertarianism-for-and-against-assisted-suicide/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Libertarianism: for and against assisted suicide'>Libertarianism: for and against assisted suicide</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/07/09/history-helps/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: History helps'>History helps</a></li>
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		<title>Should snooping for gossip be illegal?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/29/should-snooping-for-gossip-be-illegal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/29/should-snooping-for-gossip-be-illegal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The breaking news yesterday about the FBI infiltration and arrest of a Russian spy ring left me wanting.  The spies were not sent to obtain U.S. government jobs and access to classified information.  They were sent to mingle with elites and think tankers and get juicy gossip and rumors about U.S. politics and foreign policy.  [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/07/02/the-morality-of-espionage/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The morality of espionage'>The morality of espionage</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/03/31/how-many-chances-should-government-get/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: How many chances should government get?'>How many chances should government get?</a></li>
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		<title>Is it ok to publicly embarrass suspects?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/25/is-it-ok-to-publicly-embarrass-suspects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/25/is-it-ok-to-publicly-embarrass-suspects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Coke]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday Jamaican drug lord and gang leader Christopher Coke was arrested in Kingston.  The next day, his mugshot photos were all over the Jamaican (and international) news.  The kicker: Coke was dressed as a woman &#8212; wig and all (photo here).  It&#8217;s increasingly common for criminals on the run to masquerade as women&#8230;and for [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/05/14/miranda-rights-and-wrongs/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Miranda rights and wrongs'>Miranda rights and wrongs</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2009/06/18/when-can-people-disobey/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: When may people disobey?'>When may people disobey?</a></li>
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		<title>Are the lives of compatriots worth more?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/22/are-the-lives-of-compatriots-worth-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/22/are-the-lives-of-compatriots-worth-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foreign politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Afghan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compatriots]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[priority thesis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign Policy in Focus has an emotional article on how we value Iraqi and Afghan lives as compared to those of Americans.  The article begins:&#8221;When a U.S. civilian is murdered in a foreign land or in the United States, we rightfully feel angry, sad, and some of us demand vengeance. These are normal, primordial, and [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2009/11/17/no-visa-for-oil/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: No visa for oil'>No visa for oil</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2009/12/23/foreign-courts-and-government-officials/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Foreign courts and government officials'>Foreign courts and government officials</a></li>
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		<title>Paying people to be healthy</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/15/paying-people-to-be-healthy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/15/paying-people-to-be-healthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times’ Room for Debate blog has a fascinating discussion on programs that encourage people to become and stay healthy.  A panel that includes policy analysts, a doctor and a professor of bioethics consider whether incentive programs work and whether they raise ethical questions or alter the sacred doctor-patient relationship.  Check out the [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2009/06/09/do-rich-people-work-harder/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Do rich people work harder?'>Do rich people work harder?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2009/11/02/when-bad-people-say-good-things/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: When bad people say good things'>When bad people say good things</a></li>
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		<title>Preventing the next Deepwater Horizon</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/08/preventing-the-next-deepwater-horizon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obligations/Duties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deepwater Horizon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exxon Valdez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written on risk and moral responsibility a few times on this blog.  Like many good ideas we have, the mainstream media has followed suit.  In this Sunday&#8217;s New York Times Magazine, economics columnist David Leonhardt considers who is responsible for preventing low likelihood, high consequence events like the Deepwater Horizon spill.  Leonhardt writes: &#8220;When [...]


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		<title>Who should make you eat your brussels sprouts?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/08/who-should-make-you-eat-your-brussels-sprouts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/06/08/who-should-make-you-eat-your-brussels-sprouts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Distributive Justice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Free choice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The market, responsibility and perfectionism The New York Times has an article from last week on a duo of internet filmmakers, known as the Internet Celebrities, who use humor and YouTube to spread a unique brand of social criticism.  One of their most watched videos has them entering the world of Bronx food bodegas to [...]


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		<title>Oh, politicians and they things they say</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/05/25/oh-politicians-and-they-things-they-say/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/05/25/oh-politicians-and-they-things-they-say/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 16:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal vs. Public Morality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Morally wrong or just politically stupid? Last week The New York Times reported that Connecticut Attorney General and Democratic nominee for Senate, Richard Blumenthal, lied about his Vietnam service.  He spoke about when he &#8220;served in Vietnam&#8221; and the national mood when he &#8220;returned&#8221;, though the closest he got to war was serving in the [...]


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		<title>Philosophy in the face of reality</title>
		<link>http://www.thepublicphilosopher.com/2010/05/25/philosophy-in-the-face-of-reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 13:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jake and I have both posted about Rand Paul&#8217;s political philosophy and the challenge he faces in the political sphere.  On Sunday, RNC Chairman Michael Steele told Fox News that &#8220;Rand Paul&#8217;s philosophy got in the way of reality.&#8221;  This is a common critique of ideal philosophy: it may have something interesting to say, but [...]


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