From the monthly archives: May 2011
Rand Paul thinks universal health care involves slavery:
“With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to healthcare, you have to realize what that implies. It’s not an abstraction. I’m a physician. That means you have a right to come to my house and conscript me…It means you believe in slavery. It [...]
Murray Rothbard believes that each person has a right of full self-ownership, and that if we were consistent in recognizing this fact and its implications, we would see that anarcho-capitalism follows from it. Much of Rothbard’s written work is devoted to tracing out the implications of self-ownership, and critiquing the foundations and policy prescriptions [...]
The Killing of Bin Laden
By Fernando Teson On May 8, 2011 · 24 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Current Events, Democracy, Liberalism, Rights Theory
I apologize for posting on a topic that strays from the theme of our blog (although not entirely.)
I am writing an article which will be published in a OUP volume (see here the contributions in draft form) where I argue that targeted killing, defined as the extrajudicial killing of a named person [...]
We’ve talked about this issue in the past here. But be sure to take a look at Roderick Long’s post on “The Paradox of Property” at Austro-Athenian Empire. And pay special attention to the comments thread, which features an excellent discussion between Rod and someone named “K.V.” [...]
I’ve been listening to Murray Rothbard’s Economic Thought Before Adam Smith: An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, vol. 1, available as a free PDF here or as a free audiobook narrated by the sonorous Jeff Riggenbach here. Early on, there’s an extended discussion of the idea [...]
Philosophy and Politics
By Fernando Teson On May 3, 2011 · 42 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Liberty, Social Justice
Many political philosophers overestimate the importance of abstract principles for the design of institutions. Most issues of the day cannot be resolved by a sole appeal to basic principles. Whether we talk about healthcare, the economy, poverty alleviation, crime control, and even foreign policy, philosophical principles at best underdetermine results, and at worst are irrelevant. [...]
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