Volume 2, No. 1: Spring 2007

Politics & Rights

From the Editor, Spring 2007

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February 20, 2007
From the Editor, Spring 2007

This issue of TOS kicks off our second year of publication with all the clarity, cogency, and depth you have come to expect from this journal. In the lead article “The ‘Forward Strategy’ for Failure,” Yaron Brook and Elan Journo examine the Bush administration’s so-called war strategy and show that its manifest failure is a consequence not of good ideas…

History

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Greek Justice: Homer to the Sermon on the Mount

February 20, 2007
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Greek Justice: Homer to the Sermon on the Mount

I begin with the murders of two daughters, from two different sets of parents, and ask: How did their mothers react to these crimes?

Science & Technology

Induction and Experimental Method

February 20, 2007
Induction and Experimental Method

Author’s note: The following is adapted from a chapter of my book in progress, “Induction in Physics and Philosophy.” The book is based on Leonard Peikoff’s lecture course of the same title.

Politics & Rights

The “Forward Strategy” for Failure

February 20, 2007
The “Forward Strategy” for Failure

Authors’ note: This essay is partially based on the lecture “Democracy vs. Freedom” that Yaron Brook delivered on September 12, 2006, in Irvine, CA, and on October 22, 2006, at the Ford Hall Forum in Boston, MA.