March 14, 2011
Values Matter
Fernando Tesón writes, in a thread that has generated some useful discussion, that the disagreement between bleeding heart libertarians and progressives is “exclusively empirical.” Three quick thoughts in response: I…
Month: March 2011
March 13, 2011
Class Experiment on Helping the Poor
Consider this a follow-up to “Advocating vs. Caring vs. Helping”. I teach Peter Singer’s “Famine, Affluence, and Morality” at least once a year. Here’s a brief, stylized summary of the…
March 13, 2011
Which Countries are the Most Free?
Peter Jaworski comments here. http://www.thevolunteer.ca/2011/03/canada-is-free-the-u-s-is-mostly-free/ When the Heritage Institute measures economic freedom, the US comes out lower many other states, including Switzerland, Denmark, and Canada. Now if you make a…
March 13, 2011
Why We Don’t Agree
The remarkable truth of this conversation between bleeding heart libertarians and progressives is that our disagreement is exclusively empirical. If we all agree that political institutions should be arranged to…
March 12, 2011
On Bleeding Hearts and Crocodile Tears
I wasn't quite sure how to react to Art Carden's essay, after first reading it. On the one hand, it wasn't as though I actually disagreed with any of his…
March 11, 2011
Libertarian-compassionomics
Just thought I'd let you all know this excellent piece by Art Carden was inspired by our blog. Fits in well with Andrew Jason Cohen's recent post. http://blogs.forbes.com/artcarden/2011/03/11/libertarian-compassionomics/