January 20, 2013
Three Stories
I When the guru sat down to worship each evening, the ashram cat would get in the way and distract the worshipers. So he ordered that the cat be tied…
Month: January 2013
January 17, 2013
Call for Abstracts: Workshop for Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy
My friend David Sobel has asked me to pass along this Call for Abstracts. Take a look. This promises to be an exciting new workshop, and an important new journal….
January 17, 2013
Blogging at Libertarianism.Org, Part 2: Libertarianism and Liberty
My latest post at Libertarianism.org takes on the idea that libertarianism should be understood as a doctrine committed to the maximization of freedom. There are several serious problems with this…
January 17, 2013
Science, Religion and the Great Stagnation
Question for the day: What if the science-religion conflict is hurting the economy? My question was prompted by this editorial in science arguing that the politicization of science has led…
January 14, 2013
3 AM Magazine interview with me about, well, everything.
Read it here. Jason Brennan is a new kickin’ kid on the block of political philosophy. He writes about J.S. Mill, communitarians, alienation, paradoxes of justice in Rawls, whether legal…
January 14, 2013
C-SPAN Q&A Interview on Libertarianism
C-SPAN did a one-hour interview with me on my most recent book, Libertarianism. You can watch the video here. It was a bit of a surreal interview for me, in part…