“The virtual suppression of ethical discussion after 1845 produces the semblance of purely descriptive analysis, dressed in the mantle of positivist objectivity, analysis which is, in fact, strung to a framework of crude, because unexplicated, moral assumptions.” FactsMoralProduceDiscussionAnalysisAssumptionEthicalFrameworkObjectivityCrudeSuppressionSemblance Book:Break-Out from the Crystal Palace: The Anarcho-Psychological Critique: Stirner, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky Source: Break-Out from the Crystal Palace: The Anarcho-Psychological Critique: Stirner, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky
“In life we only try to produce, to win, and enjoy the more we can; in science, to discoverand invent the more we can; in religion, to dominate (or rule over) on the greatest number of people we can; whereas the forming of the character, the further development (or in-dept analysis, "appronfondissement", Fr.) of the faculties of the intelligence ("les facultés de l'intelligence", Fr.), the refinement of the consciousness and of the heart, are considered incidental (or subordinate) things.” PeopleTryingHeartCharacterWinningEnjoyNumbersConsciousnessProduceDevelopmentAnalysisFacultySubordinatesRefinement Author:African Spir
“An invaluable little book.... What Makes a Terrorist uses standard tools of economics and statistical analysis to get at the truth about terrorism.... Krueger finds one familiar fact in all his numbers. Countries with fewer civil liberties tend to produce more terrorists.” LittlesBookCountryFactsUseNumbersLibertyProduceStandardsEconomicsToolsTerrorismTerroristFamiliarAnalysisFewerCivil LibertiesInvaluable Author:Daniel Finkelstein
“It is tempting to believe that social evils arise from the activities of evil men and that if only good men (like ourselves, naturally) wielded power, all would be well. That view requires only emotion and self-praise - easy to come by and satisfying as well. To understand why it is that 'good' men in positions of power will produce evil, while the ordinary man without power but able to engage in voluntary cooperation with his neighbors will produce good, requires analysis and thought, subordinating emotions to the rational.” IfsMenBelieveWellsSelfWould BeAblePoliticalEvilPoliticsSocialEasyTermViewsEmotionPositionProduceActivityOrdinaryPraiseNeighborAriseRationalAnalysisGood ManCooperationSatisfyingTemptingOrdinary ManEvil ManPosition Of PowerTerm LimitsSelf PraiseSocial Evils Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“I would require every producer of food to follow and have enforced a standard safety plan. We know how to produce safe food. It has a horrible name; it's called HACCP - Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point - and this was a food safety system that was developed for NASA so that astronauts wouldn't get sick in outer space. If you just think about what it might be like to have food poison under conditions of zero gravity, you don't even want to think about it.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantMightNamesSpaceKnow HowPlansConditionsProduceSafeStandardsSickSafetyCriticalHorribleProducersAnalysisPoisonZeroGravityAstronautHazardsNasaOuter SpaceFood SafetyZero GravitySafe Food Author:Marion Nestle
“I believe that the visit of the Queen to the United States is an admirable occasion to produce an historical, truthful, sincere, genuine analysis of how the British Monarchy evolved into its present situation.” BelieveStatesI BelieveUnitedSituationUnited StatesProduceHistoricalBritishGenuineOccasionsQueensAnalysisSincereTruthfulMonarchyAdmirablePresent SituationBritish Monarchy Author:Malcolm Muggeridge