Paul Romer's radical idea: Charter cities. 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes. Politics. William Ury: The walk from "no" to "yes" Theworldthatis. War is a Racket by Smedley Butler. War on drugs. VicesAreNotCrimes. Vices Are Not Crimes A Vindication Of Moral Liberty Vices are those acts by which a man harms himself or his property. Crimes are those acts by which one man harms the person or property of another.
Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice toward others, and no interference with their persons or property. In vices, the very essence of crime --- that is, the design to injure the person or property of another --- is wanting. It is a maxim of the law that there can be no crime without a criminal intent; that is, without the intent to invade the person or property of another. For a government to declare a vice to be a crime, and to punish it as such, is an attempt to falsify the very nature of things. Every voluntary act of a man’s life is either virtuous or vicious. It is not often possible to say of those acts that are called vices, that they really are vices, except in degree.
Credit Card Debt Explained With a Glass of Water RSA Animate - 21st century enlightenment. The Story of Stuff The Story of Citizens United v. FEC (2011) The Story of Cap & Trade The Story of Cosmetics (2010) The Story of Bottled Water (2010) The Story of Electronics (2010) Mad as hell. The Open Internet: A Case for Net Neutrality. RSA Animate Matthew Taylor: Left brain, right brain.
MAIN - Jonathan Haidt on the moral roots of liberals and conservatives.