About Me
- Russell Blackford
- Australian philosopher, literary critic, legal scholar, and professional writer. Based in Newcastle, NSW. My latest books are THE TYRANNY OF OPINION: CONFORMITY AND THE FUTURE OF LIBERALISM (2019); AT THE DAWN OF A GREAT TRANSITION: THE QUESTION OF RADICAL ENHANCEMENT (2021); and HOW WE BECAME POST-LIBERAL: THE RISE AND FALL OF TOLERATION (2024).
6 comments:
My copy just shipped from Amazon.ca (I had pre-ordered it)! Woot!
I have a question. Suppose a portion of the naturalists segregate and turn into a religion. Whould you then argue that we should allow them to walk naked through the streets?
It is possible I didn't translate this well from dutch but "naturalists" are people who prefer to be naked in every day situations.
axxyaan, the question is moot (see the other thread where we discuss the meaning of this word) because (or since, if that's an allowable usage) I see no reason to stop people walking naked through the streets in any event - if that's what they want to do. I might have done so myself when I was younger and my body was a bit tighter than it is these days.
The usual word in English is "nudists" but "naturalists" does get used in that sense.)
John, I love ya (in a sort of manly way ... and it'll be rescinded if you don't actually like the book).
Do I understand your position correctly that you are against law that forbid nudeness in public? Do you have some idea how such laws could be challenged on seculare ground.
The rest of my questions will have to wait. Your book has arrived and I'll try to learn your position from reading it, before I come with further questions.
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