February 07, 2012
Property, Liberty, and the Deserving Poor
Despite the exciting title, I suppose this is really just an overblown links post. First, a couple of (relative) quickies: First, Terrance Tomkow has an interesting post on “The Origins…
Year: 2012
February 07, 2012
The Good in the Contract: A Reply to Will
Our discussion of the connection between eudaimonism, contractualism and libertarianism continues, and now good ole’ Will Wilkinson has joined it. Will makes two basic points in his post: (i) eudaimonism…
February 06, 2012
Libertarianism, Consequentialism, and Self-Ownership
1) Consequentialist Considerations Are Crucial for Libertarians In a recent post, Kevin Vallier suggests that libertarianism cannot be justified by either utilitarianism or self-ownership. The first is said to be…
February 06, 2012
Self-Ownership in Eudaimonist Dress
I am delighted that my friend and teacher Roderick Long has engaged my first foray into the blogosphere. Roderick has deeply influenced my views. For instance, if not for him,…
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…
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…