Monthly Archives: November 2011

Wake me up when they fight: sex, violence, and other highbrow pleasures

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Roy White

Michael Sandel’s Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? offers acritique of utilitarianism that veers strangely into aesthetics.  The basic principle of u-ism, that ‘the right thing to do’ is whatever provides the greatest pleasure (or least pain) for the greatest number, … Continue reading →

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The Black Irish

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Roy White

“Do you not get it, lads? The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I’m black and I’m … Continue reading →

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