Talk:H. L. A. Hart
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This is a new entry. It is very important that the entry be named H.L.A. Hart rather than Herbert Hart. Hart used his initials in preference to his first name throughout his academic career. He is known only as H.L.A. Hart and not as Herbert Hart. There is another famous legal theorist from the same period named Herbert Hart, and using that name will cause considerable confusion. 207.88.181.2
- No problem. Herbert Hart is a redirect for now and can be disambiguated later if anyone wants to write about the other Herbert Hart. Angela 18:31, 6 Sep 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Photograph
It would be nice if someone could find a suitable photo of Hart for this article.
[edit] Comment
Upon reading this page, I was very surprised to discover that [[[H.L.A. Hart]]] was a homosexual, until I made the further discovery that he was married with four children and that it is some unnamed, unsourced "biographers" who claim that he's gay. I'm not going to do anything about it because doing that would involve a revert war and most likely some nasty attacks on my own motives. I would like it if someone would look into this and source the claim. Biographers sometimes make scandalous claims to generate attention, or base their speculation on untrustworthy sources; if you don't believe me think of Albert Goldman's scandalous biography of John Lennon, which ironically enough accused him of homosexuality (add Lennon to the list of LGBT Britons!) Allon FambrizziAllon Fambrizzi
I don't know where you get the idea that it has been merely "unnamed, unsourced 'biographers'" alleging that Hart was gay. My source was a Chronicle of Higher Education article; I take the Chronicle to be a source as reputable as any. Moreover, it's obviously insufficient to say simply that other people have wrongly been described as homosexual; this says practically nothing about the fact in question, and gets you nowhere. You could cast doubt on anything like that. In light of the deletion, I guess it should seem apt that the cited article is about how people have been upset by and so tried to repress the idea that certain philosophers were in fact gay. Malaikhanh (12/24/07)
Perhaps, then, a caveat should be placed in Hart's primary article concerning his alleged homosexuality. Simply note that this is a point of dispute. Dionysiaca —Preceding comment was added at 00:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Wife's infidelities
Hello, someone added a {{fact}} to the sentence regarding speculation about Jenifer's infidelities. This is included in the cited biography Nightmare and Nobel Dream. A summary, including information about the speculation, is here. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 18:38, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
