June 10, 2015
Is There a Moral Right to Reproduce?
Like most people, libertarians tend to assume that we have an unconditional right to reproduce. In fact, many assume this right is even more fundamental than a right to free…
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August 20, 2014
Unorganized Play, Ostrom Moments, and the Smoothing of Social Interaction
Libertarian social media have been all atwitter this afternoon with a Lenore Skenazy post at Reason that reports the results of a Reason-Rupe poll showing that: A whopping 83 percent…
August 11, 2014
The Organic Body Politics and Parental Licensure
[Editor’s Note: The following is a guest contribution by Adam Gurri. Adam is a founder of Sweet Talk and a writer at The Ümlaut. He is currently working on a book…
March 10, 2014
Why Individualism Needs the Family
Defenders of individual liberty need the family, perhaps more than they know. Individualists need to acknowledge the importance of the family for the sake of theoretical completeness and for the…
October 09, 2012
Human Capitalism’s Inconvenient Implications
The argument I make in Human Capitalism (see this prior post for a quick summary) raises uncomfortable questions across the ideological spectrum – and the corresponding philosophical spectrum as well….
February 28, 2012
What About Children?
Say you think that all autonomous people are entitled to make decisions without state interference, even if those decisions are ultimately self-harming. You may then notice that there are a…