March 21, 2011
Pre-Order Special: The Ethics of Voting
The Ethics of Voting will be out in two weeks, on April 4th. [EDIT: Looks like copies are available now. Amazon has a temporary backorder, but Barnes and Noble has…
Month: March 2011
March 20, 2011
Symbolic Politics and Fiscal Conservatism
Here's a bit of symbolic politics from the right. The US debt is a problem. (So far, so good). So how do we combat it? Cut funding to NPR! Meanwhile,…
March 19, 2011
What Justification for the Libyan War?
The United States is at war in Libya. Surely there's a lot to say, but I wish to focus on the question of justification. The public, I think, tends to…
March 18, 2011
Are No-Fly Zones Symbolic Politics at Work?
Will Wilkinson claims they are: http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/03/war_theatre Excerpt: So what is the attraction to no-fly zones? I’m afraid it is that no-fly zones are a theatrical way of taking a stand on the…
March 18, 2011
In This Post, I Definitively Prove Neoclassical Liberalism is True
Here’s a story related to me by another philosopher. The philosopher in question might be labeled “libertarian”, though that label is as misleading as it is helpful. (Indeed, I’m still…
March 18, 2011
More from Carden on Libertarianism and the Poor
Last week, Art Carden wrote an article at Forbes about Libertarian Compassionomics. I wrote a brief response to it here, and there was a lively conversation in the comments thread. Shortly…