Motivation

Nick,

Interesting, creative take on the issue of the law and creative and scientific progress. I had a few comments. I was wondering if there was a more robust definition of “fun” to work with. In many places you define it against something else (e.g., happiness), and I’m not always clear about the working definition you adopt. That said, at times your idea of happiness has some parallels with Nancy Rosenblum’s “law of the heart.” See Nancy L. Rosenblum, Another Liberalism. I’m TFing for Rosenblum this semester and read her chapter on the “law of the heart” for that class. Basically, it is the principle that people act spontaneously with regard to their feelings and without regard for legalistic constraints or other people. She doesn’t endorse it but just introduces it as an anti-legal principle. Anyway, it may be worth mentioning in relation to your conception of fun.