September 08, 2011
New in the Journals
I’m trying out a new feature on the blog. Since many of our readers are not academics, and since even many academics (myself included!) have a hard time keeping up…
Month: September 2011
September 08, 2011
Bleg: What Does Everyone Need to Know about Libertarianism?
It looks like I’ll be writing a short book titled Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know for OUP. These books are aimed at a mixed audience–popular and academic. They’re serious…
September 07, 2011
Podcast on selling kidneys–and children!
Here’s a recent podcast (from the Institute of Humane Studies’ Kosmos project) of me talking about markets in kidneys and children. Enjoy!
September 05, 2011
A Possible BHL position on Humanitarian Aid
Assume there is a moral principle indicating that states (or citizens therein) that have adequate (or better) resources have an obligation to aid those in states that have inadequate resources….
September 03, 2011
Violence, Wars, and States
[UPDATE: Due to an error, comments were disabled on the original version of this post. It is being reposted with comments enabled.] Violence is bad news. Individuals should think twice…
September 02, 2011
Schlivic Virtue and the Table-Pounding Objection
In various places I have argued that a person can exercise civic virtue without any engagement in politics whatsoever. The duties of citizenship and the goal of promoting the common…