Why do we assume that business firms are engaged in the “pursuit of self-interest,” but that government bureaucracies are engaged in “public service”?
Far be it from me to suggest that businessmen don’t pursue their interests. Of course they do. They want greater profits, a larger market share, and higher stature.
This isn’t a current politics blog, and it’s not going to become one. Every now and then, though, I can’t resist.
This letter comes from a doctoral student and professor in a seminary in Spain.
Question:
All other things being equal, we ought to accept the hypothesis which best explains what we observe.
A social scientist writes, “I just read an article in Public Interest in which the philosopher Edward Feser says Thomists ‘deny there will be non-human animals in heaven.’ Now, I understand the argument that animals on earth won't be resurrected in heaven. But he seems to be saying more.”
One of the readers of this blog asks a good question about last week’s post, “Why Can’t Johnnie Reason?”:
In yesterday’s post I decoded the convoluted remark by a defender of dishonest journalism that “to let fact checking define the narrative would be a huge mistake.”
