February 06, 2012
John Tomasi’s Free Market Fairness
John Tomasi’s new book, Free Market Fairness, is scheduled for release this week. I read this book in draft form almost exactly a year ago, when John was out in San…
Month: February 2012
February 04, 2012
Eudaimonist Libertarianism
In his most recent post, Kevin Vallier argues that as potential moral foundations for libertarianism, “Utilitarianism is too consequence-sensitive and self-ownership is too consequence-insensitive.” I agree with him, almost. (I…
February 03, 2012
The New Student Libertarian Movement
Perhaps they’re not as salient to those of you who don’t spend your days on college campuses, but Students for Liberty is pretty freakin’ amazing. I’ve been watching small libertarian…
February 03, 2012
Charles Taylor at 80
This is a little outside BHL’s writ, but we have a lot of political philosophy readers here, so I’ll just post a link: Charles Taylor at 80, a conference in…
February 02, 2012
Blog Symposium on Libertarianism and Land!
I’m very pleased to announce that from April 23-27 of 2012, the Bleeding Heart Libertarian blog will be hosting a virtual symposium on the topic of “Libertarianism and Land!” The…
February 01, 2012
Against Utilitarianism and Self-Ownership Defenses of Libertarianism
Perhaps the best argument against utilitarian and self-ownership defenses of libertarianism is this: Utilitarianism is too consequence-sensitive and self-ownership is too consequence-insensitive. It’s a simple criticism. Utilitarianism is well-known for…