Archive for the ‘morality’ Category

Health care is not a right

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Last Saturday I attended a Front Range Objectivism event featuring Yaron Brook , Executive Director of the Ayn Rand Institute . His talk reminded me that I have yet to address a fundamental issue on this blog: that health care is not a right. As Brook wrote in an ...

SB-160: Compulsory charity immoral & impractical

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Earlier this month The Rocky Mountain News published a commentary of mine about the inherent immorality of government-run charities (in this case, those for children's health insurance) and a proposal to challenge such charities to compete with voluntarily-funded charities. The budget: An “immoral document” A “moral document.” This is what Colorado House ...