Things I Looked Up While Doing My Homework

The definition of salient. (Just making sure.)

The tyranny of the minority.

The concept of contractarianism as a counter to libertarianism. The article I was reading summarized contractarianism as “fair distribution of resources” (vs the libertarian concept of “basic freedoms”). That’s a bit different from the gist I get from brief reading on social contract theory and libertarianism, which describe them more as mutual consent and responsibility vs voluntary association.

  • http://www.facebook.com/dean.esmay Dean Esmay

    “Contractarianism” is a new one on me. Although I’m beginning to believe it describes a lot of what I’ve come to think (I’ve kinda given up on Libertarianism). 

    • http://swirlspice.com Erica M

      This is totally not the Dean Esmay of the early 2000s. :)