February 28, 2013
Violating Our Principles
(Trigger warning: While this post does not discuss rapes and assaults in detail, the article linked in the first paragraph does.) On Valentine’s Day, Rolling Stone published an article titled…
Month: February 2013
February 26, 2013
“When it says Libby’s Libby’s Libby’s on the label label label”
The current online kerfuffle among libertarians (and Horwitz and I had nothing to do with this one!) involves labels. Glenn Beck has recently relabeled himself from conservative to libertarian. Alexander…
February 25, 2013
Blogging at Libertarianism.org, part 5: More on Liberty and Property
A few weeks back, I posted an essay at Libertarianism.org arguing that property rights necessarily restrict freedom. I noted in that post that I thought that property rights enhance freedom…
February 24, 2013
Opportunities for Graduate Students
The Institute for Humane Studies has some great opportunities for graduate students who might be interested in honing their research and teaching skills this summer: The Symposia on Scholarship &…
February 22, 2013
Libertarian Social Morality: Progressive, Conservative or Liberal?
Libertarians regularly argue about the relationship between their political commitments and their “moral views.” The disagreement seems to proceed by answers to two questions. 1. Do libertarian political commitments imply…
February 20, 2013
The Business Ethics Journal Review
A few academic friends of mine, Chris MacDonald and Alexei Marcoux, have founded a new journal: Business Ethics Journal Review. The idea, which strikes me as a terrific one, is to…