tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824790768118172625.post3351636799920305123..comments2023-08-24T18:26:14.508-07:00Comments on Pragmatarianism: A Fictitious Dialogue with a Ron Paul SupporterXerographicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824790768118172625.post-27109552633299821352011-11-30T09:06:28.758-08:002011-11-30T09:06:28.758-08:00Cato, how do you know if you donated the "rig...Cato, how do you know if you donated the "right" amount of time/money to your favorite charity? The concept of "<a href="http://pragmatarianism.blogspot.com/2011/11/opportunity-costs-of-public.html" rel="nofollow">opportunity cost</a>" is essential to ensure the efficient allocation of scarce resources...and it is applicable anytime you can choose how to spend your time/money.<br /><br />You're actually making a consequentialist argument. Stefan Molyneux is a strong deontological anarcho-capitalist but in his <a href="http://pragmatarianism.blogspot.com/2011/11/pragmatarian-challenge-to-stefan.html" rel="nofollow">video on Beautiful Freedom</a> he makes some really excellent arguments for the market. <br /><br />Kent is a strong deontological anarcho-capitalist as well...but he could care less about the outcome/results...he could care less if taxes <a href="http://pragmatarianism.blogspot.com/2011/10/can-you-spot-awesomeness.html" rel="nofollow">cured cancer</a> and <a href="http://pragmatarianism.blogspot.com/2011/11/economic-fairytales.html" rel="nofollow">ended world hunger</a> and brought about <a href="http://pragmatarianism.blogspot.com/2011/11/opportunity-cost-of-war.html" rel="nofollow">world peace</a>. The only thing he cares about is that taxes are theft. Check out <a href="http://pragmatarianism.blogspot.com/2011/11/kents-critique-of-pragmatarianism.html" rel="nofollow">Kent's critique of pragmatarianism</a>.Xerographicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824790768118172625.post-14980971896145361912011-11-30T08:07:04.283-08:002011-11-30T08:07:04.283-08:00Dialogue with a Strawman is more like it. As a deo...Dialogue with a Strawman is more like it. As a deontological libertarian I'll bite on this debate. Spontaneous order systems need to have a feedback system to work.In the market profit and loss provide this. Society has things like reputation, shaming, ostracism, and praise which order social norms. Evolution has natural selection. Suppose I allocate my tax dollars to my ends. How do I know how much to put into what? Suppose I reallocate more money to public parks, how do i know if i put the right amount in? What if I'm actually spending too much on parks and I get robbed later because I took too much money out of education for the parks and this kid couldn't finish high school?Catohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11981043450357824427noreply@blogger.com