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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. [...]
For those just tuning in, the latest libertarian internet dust up surrounds Julie Borowski’s video about why there are not more libertarian women. In it, she argues that women are not libertarians in part because libertarianism is kinda dorky and women care more than men about acceptance. When I first saw the video, [...]
(co-authored with Steve Horwitz)
This morning Julie Borowski, who makes videos as “Token Libertarian Girl,” shared her answer to the question “Why aren’t there more female libertarians?” While we certainly agree with Borowski that this is a question worth asking, and while we also agree that in the long [...]
Ryan vs. Ayn R.
By Roderick Long On August 11, 2012 · 77 Comments · In Current Events, Left-libertarianism, Libertarianism, Social Justice, Toleration
By now everyone knows that Mitt Romney’s new running mate, Paul Ryan, is a big fan of Ayn Rand. But would Ayn Rand have been a big fan of Paul Ryan?
Given her views of Ronald Reagan, I suspect not:
I urge you, as emphatically as I can, not to support the [...]
Marriage Equality Unbound
By Roderick Long On July 12, 2012 · 30 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Book/Article Reviews, Current Events, Liberalism, Liberty, Social Justice, Toleration
Of possible interest to the Bleeding Heart Liberverse: my review at Reason.com of Elizabeth Brake’s Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law.
An excerpt:
For Brake, marriage not only should not be restricted to opposite-sex couples, or indeed to couples at all. It constitutes unjust discrimination, [...]
NYU Philosopher and legal theorist Jeremy Waldron thinks so. That’s the subject of his new book, The Harm in Hate Speech. He summarizes the view in this short video.
Thoughts BHLers? I’ve got a pretty good idea where our libertarian commentators are going to come down on this issue. How about you [...]
Critics of same-sex marriage often argue that its defenders are guilty of seeking to “redefine” marriage.
It is true that the term “marriage” has traditionally been applied, for the most part, to heterosexual unions specifically (though often polygamous ones, a fact such critics persistently pretend to overlook). But it is also true that the term [...]
A Paradox and 2 Sorts of Liberalism
By Andrew Cohen On March 26, 2012 · 21 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Liberty, Toleration
In Kevin’s recent post, responding to Jessica’s prior post, Kevin discusses what he calls “the paradox of toleration.” There are actually multiple paradoxes of toleration. Arguably, the most important of these is what we call “the paradox of liberalism” (remember we are using “liberal” with its classic meaning, not [...]
Moral Fanaticism and the Hope of Public Reason: A Reply to Flanigan
By Kevin Vallier On March 23, 2012 · 73 Comments · In Liberalism, Libertarianism, Liberty, Toleration
My friend and co-blogger, Jessica Flanigan, threw down the gauntlet last week over the truth of public reason liberalism, the popular version of liberal political theory that I used to argue against the contraception mandate. This is my reply.
Public reason liberalism (PRL) holds that a coercive law L is justified [...]
What follows was my weekly column at the Freeman this week and I reprint it here as the subject matter might be of interest to BHL types. Enjoy!
Libertarians have a number of public relations problems. Some are the result of people not understanding our ideas. Others, however, are our own fault: [...]
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