February 15, 2012
Contractualism
I think the right political theory is some form of contractualism. In this post, I will explain what I mean by contractualism and address some common but confused objections to…
Month: February 2012
February 14, 2012
Gary Chartier on Reason TV
Our very own Gary Chartier recently did an interview with Reason TV about his new book, Markets Not Capitalism. You can watch it here. And after you’re done, go ahead and get…
February 13, 2012
Legal Brief In Health Care Law Case
For those of you who are interested, here’s CATO Institute’s final legal brief in the upcoming Supreme Court case on the constitutionality of the individual mandate (the link is to…
February 13, 2012
Political Philosophy’s Fundamental Question
In this post, my aim is to identify political philosophy’s fundamental question. Yes, I want to attempt this in a blog post, so my answer will undoubtedly be radically incomplete….
February 12, 2012
Remembering Julian Simon
Today would have been the 80th birthday of one of my deepest intellectual heroes and a man whose optimism about the future of humanity has become part of my intellectual…
February 10, 2012
Twelve Theses on Libertarian Eudaimonism
Obviously each of these following steps would need more explication and defense than I’m giving here. The picture is also a bit oversimplified, since (for one thing) it concerns reciprocal…