July 30, 2012
When Spontaneous Orders Attack, Part 5
David Gordon contributes to the C4SS spontaneous order symposium. A reply from me to all three commentators will follow, probably at the end of the week.
Month: July 2012
July 30, 2012
Liz Anderson on Social Democracy and Libertarianism
I just finished listening to Elizabeth Anderson’s Dewey Lecture in Law and Philosophy at the University of Chicago, on “Tom Paine and the Ironies of Social Democracy.” It’s a great…
July 27, 2012
When Spontaneous Orders Attack, Part 4
Reshef Agam-Segal contributes to the C4SS spontaneous order symposium.
July 26, 2012
Can a Liberal Education Produce a Defense of Capitalism?
In the process of looking for something else this evening, I came across some remarks I delivered in 2006 as a respondent at a faculty colloquium where the main talk…
July 26, 2012
Public Justification
I’ve recently had the privilege of taking over the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Public Justification from political philosopher Fred D’Agostino. Our new co-authored entry (which I will fully…
July 26, 2012
Caplan v. Gowder on Blaming the Poor
Poor people frequently make what appear to be stupid, self-destructive choices. For instance, there’s a distant cousin, Aaron, on my wife’s side. Aaron lacks a high school diploma and is always…