Regarding Professor King‘s comments on my post, another thing comes to mind. Suppose a person interested in economics also adheres to the Roman Catholic doctrine of papal infallibility. This means you believe when the Pope speaks ex cathedra (from the Chair of Peter), solemnly defining a dogma concerning faith and morals to be held by the entire Church, it is impossible for the pronouncement to be incorrect. Thus, it may be relied upon concerning one’s own moral conduct. Now, clearly some pronouncements by the Pope are, under this doctrine, infallible; others are not. How do we know whether a given … Continue reading Re: Woods, Storck, Fleming et al.