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Can you sell your future self into slavery?

By On April 13, 2012 · 44 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Exploitation, Libertarianism, Social Justice

Liberty of contract is a really important right, and legal restrictions on liberty of contract are offensively paternalistic, and are sometimes racist or sexist attempts to entrench the advantage of existing economic stakeholders. Libertarians are often distinguished from progressives based on their opposition to legal restrictions of economic liberties, such as the decision to

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Free Market Fairness

By On June 2, 2011 · 30 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Libertarianism, Social Justice

I’d like to introduce you to a ship of the BHL Line that I call “Free Market Fairness.” As an institutional matter, Free Market Fairness proudly shows the colors of the classical liberal camp. As such, she affirms the powerful set of personal liberties long championed by liberals of every type: freedom of thought, expression, [...]

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A Research Agenda for Bleeding Heart Libertarians

By On May 26, 2011 · 65 Comments · In Academic Philosophy, Libertarianism, Social Justice

What does it mean to be a bleeding heart libertarian? Here is one answer: “To be a bleeding heart libertarian means to have a concern for the poor that, in content and intensity, equals that of traditional bleeding heart liberals.” Looked at this way, familiar normative disputes get reduced to (somewhat less familiar) empirical ones. [...]

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