Posts by: Gary Chartier
Sean Gabb, of the UK Libertarian Alliance, offers a fairly acidic take on the late Baroness Thatcher.
Gabb’s bottom line: Thatcher was an authoritarian and a corporatist. He offers multiple examples of her hostility to civil liberties and notes that she didn’t seem to have received the memo about the distinction between being [...]
Jason Brennan Did Not Like Gary Chartier’s Book
By Gary Chartier On March 12, 2013 · 40 Comments · In Book/Article Reviews, Left-libertarianism, Libertarianism
The argument of Anarchy and Legal Order is relatively simple and straightforward. There are some things we may never reasonably do to each other, and other things we have very good reason not do. Territorial monopolists—states—do these things persistently. Their putative value as maintainers of social order might be thought to render [...]
Recent events in the Middle East have prompted vigorous exchanges on this site. Definitive judgments regarding these matters depend on detailed historical analysis; and engaging in historical inquiry is not my comparative advantage—nor is it that, I suspect, of most participants in conversations here. I want to resist the temptation to engage in amateur historiography. [...]
Beyond Bossism
By Gary Chartier On November 13, 2012 · 50 Comments · In Left-libertarianism, Symposium on Left-Libertarianism
Professors Horwitz and Shapiro both raise helpful, thoughtful questions about the persistence of hierarchy in a stateless society.
I can’t, obviously, demonstrate praxeologically that there will be significantly fewer hierarchies in the workplaces of a freed market—that we should definitely expect more self-employment and a greater proportion of partnerships and cooperatives in a free economy. [...]
The Distinctiveness of Left-Libertarianism
By Gary Chartier On November 5, 2012 · 103 Comments · In Left-libertarianism, Libertarianism, Social Justice, Symposium on Left-Libertarianism
[Editors Note: This essay is part of BHL's Symposium on Left-Libertarianism. Click on the link to see the other essays.]
Left-libertarianism in the relevant sense is a position that is simultaneously leftist and libertarian. It features leftist commitments to:
engaging in class analysis and class struggle; opposing corporate [...]
Book Announcement: Anarchy and Legal Order
By Gary Chartier On September 26, 2012 · 7 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Left-libertarianism, Libertarianism, Rights Theory, Social Justice
Later this fall, Cambridge University Press will be releasing Anarchy and Legal Order: Law and Politics for a Stateless Society (pre-order on Amazon). Here’s the table of contents:
Preface xiii
Introduction: Embodying Freedom 1
1. Laying Foundations 7
I. A Reasonable Conception of the Good Life Will Involve an Understanding of Both [...]
What about Ron Paul?
By Gary Chartier On December 21, 2011 · 54 Comments · In Current Events, Left-libertarianism, Social Justice
If you say you’re against the state these days, someone’s sure to ask you how your views parallel Ron Paul’s. The frequency of these sorts of conversations seem likely to increase if poll wizard Nate Silver is right that the Texas Representative will win in the Iowa Republican caucus.
I’m sitting out this year’s electoral [...]
Violence, Wars, and States
By Gary Chartier On September 3, 2011 · 20 Comments · In Current Events, Left-libertarianism, Libertarianism, Rights Theory
[UPDATE: Due to an error, comments were disabled on the original version of this post. It is being reposted with comments enabled.]
Violence is bad news. Individuals should think twice about the use of force, even for defensive purposes, and states should avoid war-making even more thoroughly.
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Ultimately, moral analysis needs to [...]
Gillespie, Nick, and Welch, Matt. The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong with America. New York: PublicAffairs 2011. Pp. xvi, 266. Index. 978-1-58648-938-0.
The Declaration of Independents is a breezy, entertaining manifesto. Defending “libertarian politics,” Reason’s Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch make clear that they’re for decision-making that’s [...]
There are lots of reasons to reject the legitimacy of the state’s claim to authority. But, as I try to show in The Conscience of an Anarchist, a number of those reasons are ones with which bleeding hearts should find it especially easy to resonate.
1. Poverty and workplace inequity can occur [...]
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