tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post9164321563963605499..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: Imagine my surprise to see Don Boudreaux furnish a citation to Hayek the other day that perfectly encapsulated my unease with libertarianismEvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-56355031274145063712013-03-20T12:19:43.357-04:002013-03-20T12:19:43.357-04:00Since the Buchanan posting there's been a lot ...Since the Buchanan posting there's been a lot of stuff about immigration and the minimum wage... Humean political philosophy doesn't really speak to what we've been noodling over on that question.<br /><br />Although he probably would appreciate my empirical orientation in the minimum wage discussions!<br /><br />I haven't written as much about it recently, but certainly share his anti-rationalism streak too. A lot of that posting may have been before your time in the comment section, though (which means you probably shouldn't be pronouncing on my record so haughtily).Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192667997950934790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-57708217475309965822013-03-20T12:15:20.790-04:002013-03-20T12:15:20.790-04:00Hmmm... the most recent time I can think of someth...Hmmm... the most recent time I can think of something that I wrote extensively about here that bore quite a resemblance to Hume's views was what I wrote about James Buchanan and my thoughts on constitutions.<br /><br />You don't think that was pretty damn similar to Hume's position in "That Politics Might be Reduced to a Science"?<br /><br />And in this very post I'm endorsing Hayek's point. Surely you think this quote from Hayek resembles Hume's writings!<br /><br />I'm no philosopher, and I won't claim to have read Hume in any exceptional depth. But if you think I've never "written anything remotely familiar to what he wrote", then I have to wonder how well you know Hume.Daniel Kuehnhttp://www.factsandotherstubbornthings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-16745509014978097992013-03-20T12:12:12.068-04:002013-03-20T12:12:12.068-04:00Dislike? Why do you say that? I'm quite fond o...Dislike? Why do you say that? I'm quite fond of lots of libertarians. What I think of a person has a lot more to do with that person's behavior than their ideas.<br /><br />What I have is a skepticism for libertarian ideas. If you can't handle that, that doesn't really bode well for a conversation.Daniel Kuehnhttp://www.factsandotherstubbornthings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-73497144804677833242013-03-20T12:08:20.216-04:002013-03-20T12:08:20.216-04:00Sounds like you've got a real dislike for libe...Sounds like you've got a real dislike for libertarians. That doesn't really bode well for a conversation.The Libertarian Standard Bearerhttp://www.thestandardisthestandard.isthestandard.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-57056141018981346362013-03-20T12:06:53.132-04:002013-03-20T12:06:53.132-04:00Then again, you've probably never read any of ...Then again, you've probably never read any of Hume's political writings because you never, ever write anything remotely familiar to what he wrote - what one writes reflects what one reads after all. The Libertarian Standard Bearerhttp://www.thestandardisthestandard.isthestandard.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-61931114662710158332013-03-20T12:05:46.397-04:002013-03-20T12:05:46.397-04:00Hayek is better on this sort of thing that most li...Hayek is better on this sort of thing that most libertarians. I don't know enough of his thinking to completely agree with you or not.<br /><br />Libertarians generally fail abysmally at the spontaneous order vs. planning question. They'll offer you their detailed social planning blueprint that diverges considerably from the evolved social order pretty much every time, and then they'll quote good stuff like this from Hayek with a straight face.Daniel Kuehnhttp://www.factsandotherstubbornthings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-29583747317139563172013-03-20T12:02:56.364-04:002013-03-20T12:02:56.364-04:00Hayek isn't proposing a radical change, that&#...Hayek isn't proposing a radical change, that's the point.The Libertarian Standard Bearerhttp://www.thestandardisthestandard.isthestandard.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-88733942342849319042013-03-20T11:57:41.704-04:002013-03-20T11:57:41.704-04:00You are not understanding the argument at all if y...You are not understanding the argument at all if you conclude that I have a problem with Hume and the Scottish Enlightenment.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192667997950934790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-53684664997281499732013-03-20T11:57:10.280-04:002013-03-20T11:57:10.280-04:00Huh?
My whole point here is that I don't like...Huh?<br /><br />My whole point here is that I don't like libertarianism because I like things like Hume and the Scottish Enlightenment.<br /><br />Libertarians propose precisely the sort of radical change that Hayek here, and Hume and the Scottish Enlightenment warn us against.Daniel Kuehnhttp://www.factsandotherstubbornthings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-82755632632436388942013-03-20T11:50:17.222-04:002013-03-20T11:50:17.222-04:00Then you probably have a problem with David Hume a...Then you probably have a problem with David Hume and the Scottish Enlightenment generally as well.The Libertarian Standard Bearerhttp://www.thestandardisthestandard.isthestandard.comnoreply@blogger.com