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…
Year: 2012
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…
January 30, 2012
Peron on Libertarians and the Left
Over at the terrific Moorfield Storey Blog, James Peron weighs in on a subject near-and-dear to the BHL Project: “Why Libertarians Need to Talk With the Left and How to Do…
January 30, 2012
Self-Ownership Theses
In this post, I will introduce various forms of the self-ownership thesis, the claim that persons are sole and extensive owners of themselves and the fruits of their labors. In…