Why a 19th-century Russian anarchist is relevant to the mask and vaccine debate
- Written by: Michael Locke McLendon, Professor of Political Science, California State University, Los Angeles
Beards? Yes. Masks? Perhaps not.Wikimedia CommonsAmericans who refused to don masks or get vaccinated during the pandemic don’t have an easy task constructing a valid philosophical defense of their behavior.
The go-to philosophicalauthorities typically cited to defend individual liberty in the U.S. – John Locke and John Stuart Mill...
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