I’m not sure if a threat like this has been made in the past, but I thought it would be interesting to show what we’re reading.
I’m currently reading Roger Garrison’s Time and Money. It’s definately not what I thought it would be like (I was actually sort of let down); Garrison seems to put more emphasis on modelling general ideals, versus actually explaining the ideas completely. For example, I thought that it would be an exposition (or include one) of capital theory similar to that of Hayek, but in more modern and concise writing — it turns out that the way he explains capital theory is in very broad strokes. Most of the book actually has to do with judging alternative theories within the context of his capital theory modelling.
Human, All Too Human, Sartre’s Essays In Existentialism, and Vonnegut’s Welcome to the Monkey House.
Got sidetracked:
Human Action, understandable how someone can get sidetracked with this. 500 pages in and the sections on prices slowed me down. Yet, it already seems I’ve read a lot of the later chapters from Mises daily articles. Last time I had read this was probably in September.
What’s next:
Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, and Early Writings by Marx, a collection of his early material such as his 1844 Manuscripts, ect.
Economics for Real People by Gene Callahan, Mass Effect: Ascension by Drew Karpyshyn, and The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan.
Great Wars & Great Leaders A Libertarian Rebuttal by Ralph Raico and Making Economic Sense by Murray Rothbard. I have just finished up A History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II by Murray Rothbard and have to say it was an excellent read.
I would seriously advise you not to do that. Although Moral Sentiments isn’t bad per se, there is a real high oppurtunity cost and it’s a long book and AS just writes really boring. And Foundations of Morality is really a genuine master piece in moral philosophy. I know of no work that argues for a rule-utilitarian perspective that is thàt good.
I’m reading ‘Joy of Cooking’. Reading this thread, you’d think that none of you read anything out of economics/philosophy.
I just finished reading ‘Everything I want to do is illegal’ by Joel Salatin. It was fantastic, all about farming in USA! Look it up on Amazon if you want to know more (then buy it).
Also, Hazlitt covers that book extensively in FoM. So, in addition to Hazlitt’s Foundations of Morality being a masterpiece (so far, I definitely agree with that description) it would be a great primer on Smith’s ethics that will inform your later reading of the latter.
Reading “Human Natures” by Ehrlich and “The Third Chimpanzee” by Jared Diamond.
Based on a question I was recommended a book titled ‘Elizabeth Anscombe’s Intention’ by David Gordon which he claims is the best book he’s ever read on intent. Anyone read it?
