November 06, 2015
Benjamin Barber Responds at Cato Unbound
Ben Barber has written a “response” to our essay at Cato Unbound. I put “response” in scare quotes because, unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to address what we’ve said or argued….
Posts filed under commodification
November 05, 2015
Punishment, Schpunishment: On Harel’s Why Law Matters
Criminal Law and Philosophy just published my paper “Consequences Matter More: In Defense of Instrumentalism on Private versus Public Prisons,” critiquing Alon Harel’s Why Law Matters. Abstract: Alon Harel wants to show that punishment…
September 18, 2015
The Bad Libertarian Argument for Commodification
For any particular good X, is morally permissible for you to sell X? Note that this question doesn’t ask whether selling X ought to be legal. Rather, it asks whether selling…
September 17, 2015
Of Course We Should Allow Kidney Sales
I’m participating in a debate, of sorts, in the Pan-Am Post. Drawing from Markets without Limits, I point out that most opposition to organ sales is about the how, not the what. Opponents…
September 14, 2015
Markets in Adoption Rights
Markets without Limits includes a lengthy discussion of “baby buying”. I’ve already covered markets in designer babies here and here. Today, let’s talk about markets in adoption rights. Michael Sandel complains,…
September 12, 2015
How Are Markets like Guitar Amps?
In Markets without Limits, Peter Jaworski and I try to show people that most of the time, their opposition to commodifying certain goods and services isn’t actually about what is being…