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De Jasay On Freedom and the Burden of Proof

I’ve been reading the essay collection Social Justice and the Indian Rope Trick by Anthony de Jasay, and despite his unusually opaque style of writing, there are definitely some interesting ideas here.

One that I’ve been playing around with has been his explanation of where the burden of proof must lie in determining whether an action is free or not.

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The Real Goals of Gun Control?

After having some time to think about what I wrote about using the “freedom from fear” to justify gun control, I kind of tripped and fell into an even more interesting conclusion:

What if the gun control isn’t the end goal?