tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post7204820975129822871..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Truncating Your Utilitarian Analysisgcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-1755106154331589792015-04-24T14:52:55.626-04:002015-04-24T14:52:55.626-04:00I don't endorse this, just pass it along as I ...I don't endorse this, just pass it along as I expect it is right up the Callahan alley http://theweek.com/articles/551027/how-christianity-invented-children Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-9385932617588789162015-04-24T12:22:06.384-04:002015-04-24T12:22:06.384-04:00Coming from a crew of people who can never stop te...<i>Coming from a crew of people who can never stop telling us that "incentives matter," this is a rather shocking omission.</i><br /><br />Maybe I am just weird, but the whole idea of incentives never felt relevant to me in most issues.Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-27870962831510492912015-04-23T17:29:53.665-04:002015-04-23T17:29:53.665-04:00Interesting how she frames it: selling your "...Interesting how she frames it: selling your "rights" over the child. But it's also selling -- or rather unloading -- your responsibilities. I think a lot of the problems you (rightly) identify flow from that. Take the return of defective merchandise. The purchaser either feels no responsibility, or sees a way to buy it off. The seller created the product without any expectation of it. Suddenly no-one has the responsibility in some sense.<br /><br />Once again extreme libertarianism fails with children. A theory failing on 100% of the persons it is meant to apply to is not a good thing! Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.com