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A Questionable Argument for Paternalistic Legislation
By Fernando Teson On April 6, 2013 · 38 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Current Events, Libertarianism, Liberty
Following Mill, libertarians have condemned paternalistic legislation. Examples of such legislation are the criminalization of drugs, and the failure to wear motorcycle helms or seat belts. Mill’s argument is that society is not entitled to protect people against themselves. Society is instead entitled to prevent people from making decisions that harm others. When I run [...]
Recently a Canadian student was stopped three times in two weeks while crossing the border into the US. According to her account of the experience, the border guards were particularly interested in the condoms she was carrying, the lingerie packed in her suitcase, and the fact that she was traveling with a married [...]
Some conservative libertarians oppose expanding legal marriage to include same-sex marriage. (For example, see here.) Like the author in the link, a number of them have made the following argument:
Marriage establishes number of positive rights and privileges by government fiat. Positive rights and privileges established by government fiat are unjust. If 1 [...]
As the Supreme Court takes up the same-sex marriage issue, I wanted to re-post an old blog post of mine from Liberty and Power back in September of 2008. Not only is it perhaps my favorite piece I’ve ever written on SSM, it seems to fit very nicely with the spirit of BHL. [...]
(Trigger warning: While this post does not discuss rapes and assaults in detail, several of the linked articles do.)
Now that the Steubenville rapists have been convicted and sentenced, we have in front of us a sterling example of the kind of coverage the media considers appropriate for a story about two young men who [...]
The reaction to Sarah’s post on why libertarians don’t seem to put outrage about rape and the institutions that facilitate it and cover it up higher on their priority list triggered a great deal of interesting and disturbing commentary, much of it in the comments on Facebook links to the post. My own [...]
(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 The Rape of Petty Officer Blumer. In meticulous and horrifying detail it traces the experiences of Petty Officer 2nd Class Rebecca Blumer as [...]
And here’s the rest of the interview with Steve Horwitz and Sarah Skwire from ISFLC13, courtesy of The Libertarienne Show.
Advocating having other people fight isn’t bravery. Advocating not sending them to fight isn’t cowardice.
Duh.
UPDATE: This in response to Coulter, at SFL, calling libertarians [bleep! cowards] for advocating peace.
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