Posts by: Matt Zwolinski
Last week, I argued at Libertarianism.org that the Non-Aggression Principle has unacceptable implications for the issue of pollution.
This week, I adduce five more reasons why libertarians should reject the Non-Aggression Principle.
The basic problem with the NAP is its absolutist and single-minded focus on aggression as the defining [...]
Over at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Lisa Herzog has written a very nice entry on “markets” that will likely be of interest to readers of this blog. In particular, section three provides a very helpful overview of some of the most common and influential arguments for and against markets. [...]
Libertarians often claim that a just price is whatever people are willing to pay in the absence of force or fraud. So, if sweatshop workers are willing to sell their labor for close to subsistence wages, that’s fair as long as no one lied to them about the terms of their employment or held a [...]
It gives me great pleasure to welcome the newest addition to BHL – Bas van der Vossen! Bas is currently an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, specializing in political philosophy and the philosophy of law. He’s published a number of interesting papers, all of which are available on [...]
Over at Libertarianism.org, my latest post discusses the implications of Rothbardian-style libertarianism for the issue of pollution. Short version: if libertarianism means adhering to an absolutist version of the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP), then all pollution is impermissible, and life as we know it as over.
To me, that seems like a pretty [...]
At ThinkMarkets, Roger Koppl argues that Income Inequality Matters.
Some excerpts:
The surprise should be that we pro-market types have not spoken up more on this central issue, thereby letting it become associated almost exclusively with more or less “progressive” opinion. This indifference to income distribution is all the more mysterious because pro-market [...]
Next Tuesday, April 2nd, around lunchtime, I’ll be giving a talk to the Federalist Society at the University of Arizona on price gouging. Contact info on the website, but they’ve got the date wrong. It’s Tuesday, not Friday.
Then, on Thursday, April 11th, I’ll be debating Debra Satz [...]
The libertarian legal scholar Richard Epstein will be participating in an Ask Me Anything on Reddit.com tomorrow (Wednesday, March 20, 10am-12pm ET). It’s a great chance to ask whatever questions you have of him. You do need to be a member of Reddit to participate, but signing up is pretty painless.
I’ve long been [...]
Geoffrey Brennan begins a month-long discussion assessing the work the work of James Buchanan. Michael Huemer’s book on the problem of political authority is the subject of this month’s Cato Unbound. Not sure how I missed it, but the October Cato Unbound with [...]
Hey, today is kind of a special day here at Bleeding Heart Libertarians. It’s been exactly two years since our first post went up! So we’re now two years old. Which means, if my recent experience with my own son is any indication, that the next year should be filled [...]
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