Those outside of academic philosophy departments might not have heard of it, but Social Philosophy and Policy is one of my favorite journals. More than any other journal I know, they consistently publish high-quality work of interest to libertarians and classical liberals. That includes articles written by libertarians and classical liberals, of course. But it also includes some of the most interesting criticisms of libertarian and classical liberal positions.

For a limited time, Social Philosophy and Policy is offering free access to their top ten downloaded papers of 2011 and 2012. Those of you without access to the benefits of a university library will want to act quick!

Here are the articles:

1. Ilya Somin – “Foot Voting, Political Ignorance, and Constitutional Design“
2. Iris Marion Young – “Responsibility and Global Justice: A Social Connection Model“
3. Edward Feser – “There is No Such Thing as an Unjust Initial Acquisition“
4. Loren Lomasky – “Libertarianism at Twin Harvard” [MZ: I love this piece.]
5. David Lewis Schaefer – “Procedural versus Substantive Justice: Rawls and Nozick“
6. A. John Simmons – “Consent Theory for Libertarians“
7. Larry Alexander – “What Are Constitutions, and What Should (and Can) They Do?“
8. Gerasimos Santas – “Plato’s Criticisms of Democracy in The Republic“
9. James Fishkin – “Deliberative Democracy and Constitutions“
10. Chandran Kukathas – “The Mirage of Global Justice“

Freebies last until November 30th, 2012!

P.S. Let me know if the links from the individual articles don’t work. They should, but if they don’t, use the main link here instead.