A common dispute among libertarians concerns whether justice requires the nation-state or whether justice prohibits it. Minimal-state libertarians (minarchists) argue that justice generally requires a nation-state in order to ensure…
We have discussed at length the differences between bleeding-heart libertarians and liberal egalitarians. Let us assume that both camps agree that political institutions must take centrally into account the plight…
More on this topic here: http://press.princeton.edu/blog/2012/08/16/will-the-bad-voters-please-step-forward-more-from-jason-brennan/
My Facebook friend Helen Dale, a lawyer in Scotland, has written a very nice legal defense of marriage equality titled “A Plea in Law for Equal Marriage” that won first…
Experimenting with video blogging. Here’s a rough take on an issue we’ve been discussing. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQpdOKQRzBQ?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360]
A facebook friend posted this graphic, from the Atlantic, comparing US income inequality to inequality in other countries. People posting this take the obvious thrust to be: Wow, the US is…