Liberalism and Its Critics
Introduction by Matt McManus He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able…
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Ben Burgis
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Ben Burgis is the author of 'Give Them An Argument: Logic for the Left,' which is available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. He's also a regular on The Michael Brooks Show on Tuesday nights and he releases videos every Monday for the Zero Books YouTube channel.
A Tribute to Christopher Hitchens
Listen to this week’s episode of Areo’s associated podcast, Two for Tea, hosted by editor-in-chief Iona Italia. My guests this week were Ben Burgis, author of Christopher Hitchens—What He Got Right, How He…
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What Kinds of Liberal Freedoms Should Democratic Socialists Support?
One of the biggest controversies on the contemporary left today concerns the relationship between leftism and liberalism. People often use the word liberalism to refer to a location on the…
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Why the Socialist Left Should Vote for Biden
Since Bernie Sanders’ defeat in the Democratic primaries, there has been a feisty debate here on the socialist left about what we should do next. Some of us tried very…
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Land of Social Democracy, Still
In February, it seemed as if every pundit and prognosticator on the planet expected Bernie Sanders to arrive at the 2020 Democratic Convention in Milwaukee with at least a plurality…
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The War on Terror: A Response to Jonathan Church
In a previous article for Areo, I revisit the philosophical debate about free will and determinism, arguing that the recently debunked Libet experiments are irrelevant to the main conceptual issue.…
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Free Will, the Libet Experiments and the War on Terror
On 10 September 2019, a headline in the Atlantic announced, “A Famous Argument Against Free Will Has Been Debunked.” The argument in question was based on the findings of what…
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Free Will and Sam Harris’ Puppet Analogy: A Reply to Iona Italia
I’ve been exchanging letters with Jon Rosen about free will and determinism on the platform Letter. A few days ago, I was happy to read Iona Italia’s thoughtful article about…
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Be Like Bernie: Give Them An Argument
In my forthcoming book Give Them An Argument: Logic for the Left, I make the case that we leftists should spend more time formulating explicit arguments for our positions. Too…
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