December 17, 2011
Why I am a Bleeding Heart Libertarian
I wouldn’t have written such a self-centered post but for the fact that Matt listed me as the main exemplar of contingent (“weak”) BHL –the view that support for libertarian…
Month: December 2011
December 16, 2011
What is Bleeding Heart Libertarianism? Part One: Three Types of BHL
A lot of readers come to this blog expecting, perhaps not unreasonably, to find a group of authors presenting a coherent, well worked out theory of “bleeding heart libertarianism” (BHL)…
December 07, 2011
Our Family: A Possible Taxonomy
I’ve been delaying posting this for a while, but its time. Its a perhaps idiosyncratic view of where BHL fits into the set of political philosophies nearest to it (in…
December 06, 2011
Ron Paul: “Read The Law, by Bastiat”
This past weekend at the Huckabee Presidential Candidate Forum, Ron Paul was asked what one book he would suggest every American read. His answer was that they should read The…
December 01, 2011
New In the Journals – December 2011
This post continues the series started here, in which I present a selection of articles published or forthcoming in academic journals that might be of interest to readers of this…