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Istanbul Redux
By Roderick Long On May 19, 2013 · 1 Comment · In Announcements, Left-libertarianism, Social Justice
Bleeding Heart Libertarianism in Istanbul
By Roderick Long On May 16, 2013 · 28 Comments · In Announcements, Left-libertarianism, Social Justice
Libertarian Human Rights?
By Bas van der Vossen On May 9, 2013 · 83 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Libertarianism, Rights Theory, Social Justice
Some of my academic work deals with international issues. As a result, I read a lot about the philosophy of human rights. It’s hard to read this literature without noticing the nearly complete absence of libertarian input. This post is my call for a libertarian take on human rights.
Libertarians are typically not very friendly [...]
Bryan Caplan doesn’t think he has a moral duty to help the poor. I disagree.
But, duty or no, Bryan wants to help them anyway. And he wants your help to do so more effectively.
So, my resourceful readers, let’s help Bryan channel his bleeding heart to maximum utility!
My friend and colleague-of-sorts (at USD’s Institute for Law and Philosophy) Richard Arneson has revised the entry on “Egalitarianism” at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. I think many readers of BHL will find the essay to be of great interest. Arneson is a sharp philosopher, and while he’s no [...]
John Rawls, Margaret Thatcher, and Property Owning Democracy
By Felix Bungay On April 26, 2013 · 50 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Libertarianism, Social Justice
[Editor's Note: The following is a guest contribution by Felix Bungay, a student at the University of Cambridge reading an MPhil in Intellectual History and Political Thought.]
While many Bleeding Heart Libertarians are interested in Rawls, not many of them seem enamoured with his idea of a Property Owning Democracy (POD). I want [...]
The End of an Era: The Kiobel Decision
By Fernando Teson On April 18, 2013 · 15 Comments · In Current Events, Libertarianism, Social Justice
Yesterday the Supreme Court issued a ruling that virtually ended more than 30 years of human rights litigation in United States courts. Starting with the landmark Filartiga case, foreigners have been able to rely on the Alien Tort Statute to bring suits in American courts against human rights violators, [...]
Fans of BHL’s debates over social justice should find the discussion of the same topic in the Liberty Forum on the Online Library of Law and Liberty worth reading.
With an initial essay by Sam Gregg of the Acton Institute, and responses by Eric Mack and David Rose, the discussion should [...]
People often say that BHL violates the “non-aggression axiom.” After all, BHL is in principle okay with certain forms of government-sponsored social insurance schemes, if these turn out to be the best way to realize social justice, consistent with our economic rights. (Notice this is a necessary, but not sufficient condition…)
Certain critics of BHL [...]
Property-Owning Democracy is Authoritarian
By Kevin Vallier On December 31, 2012 · 9 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Social Justice
I’ve argued (ad nauseam) that property-owning democracy is bad because it is unworkable and unjust. I shall now argue that it is authoritarian as well. But before I begin, what do I mean by authoritarian?
The authoritarian, in Jerry Gaus’s terms, is one who
… demands that others [...]
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