From the monthly archives: January 2012

Peron on Libertarians and the Left

By On January 30, 2012 · 24 Comments · In Liberalism, Libertarianism

Over at the terrific Moorfield Storey Blog, James Peron weighs in on a subject near-and-dear to the BHL Project: “Why Libertarians Need to Talk With the Left and How to Do It.” I haven’t much to add except my hearty endorsement!

If you missed it the first time around, James’ piece on “

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Self-Ownership Theses

By On January 30, 2012 · 31 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Libertarianism, Rights Theory

In this post, I will introduce various forms of the self-ownership thesis, the claim that persons are sole and extensive owners of themselves and the fruits of their labors. In academic philosophy, libertarianism is almost defined by endorsing the self-ownership thesis. It is what unites philosophical left-libertarians and philosophical right-libertarians. But the self-ownership thesis can [...]

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On Inequality

By On January 28, 2012 · 40 Comments · In Current Events, Libertarianism, Social Justice

President Obama said in his State of the Union that one of his goals is to reduce wealth inequality, and advocated increased taxes on the rich to do that. His critics gave two answers.  The first is that higher taxes will stymie growth, and the second is that the President is waging class [...]

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School Choice

By On January 27, 2012 · 66 Comments · In Current Events

This week is National School Choice Week. School choice is a subject we haven’t really discussed on this blog. But (at least in my own case), that’s a product of a relative lack of expertise, rather than a lack of interest. Bleeding Heart Libertarians care about the way in which freedom can serve [...]

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The Liberalism of Classical Liberalism

By On January 26, 2012 · 46 Comments · In Liberalism, Libertarianism

I want to thank Matt for the invitation to blog through the semester at BHL. And contrary to Steve Horwitz’s depiction I don’t roll my eyes at the phase “bleeding heart libertarianism” but at the state of intellectual play in academia, and our broader intellectual culture, that makes the introduction of such an [...]

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What Sort of (Libertarian) Consequentialist are You?

By On January 25, 2012 · 18 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Consequentialism, Libertarianism

Last post, I claimed that lots of libertarians are consequentialists. In this post, I want to try and state the kind of consequentialism I think most libertarians would sign on to if asked. This is the conception of consequentialism that is “implicit” in the writings of most (non-philosopher) libertarian consequentialists.

Let me be [...]

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Guest Blogging – Pete Boettke!

By On January 24, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Blog Administration

As I mentioned in my last post, I have a few exciting announcements to make about the blog. The first, of course, was that Steve Horwitz and Kevin Vallier have joined us as full-time contributors. I’ll have another announcement in the coming week.

For now, though, here’s another bit [...]

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Political Philosophy: The Libertarian State of Play

By On January 23, 2012 · 31 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Libertarianism, Rights Theory

Hi y’all. Let me take the opportunity to thank Matt and my fellow cobloggers for allowing little ole’ me to join their ranks. Instead of me blathering on about myself, let’s get down to philosophical business.

Libertarians (academics, public intellectuals, pundits, bloggers and activists) tend to base libertarianism in two political philosophical positions: self-ownership and [...]

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Myths About My Views on the Myth of the Gender Wage Gap

By On January 21, 2012 · 16 Comments · In Current Events, Social Justice

Thanks to being linked on reddit a few months ago, my LearnLiberty video on the gender wage gap is now close to 300,000 views on YouTube.  The video was one of four designed to rebut commonly held economic myths.  In this case, the myth is that women earn 75% of what men do [...]

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Welcome Two New Bloggers!

By On January 20, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Blog Administration

It’s hard to believe it, but in a little over a month, we’re going to be celebrating the first birthday of this blog! It’s been a great year so far. And I have a series of exciting announcements to make over the next week or so about the future. Stay tuned.

For now, I’m extremely [...]

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