April 23, 2013
What Is a Terrorist?
In the wake of the Boston attack, I thought I would share my view of what makes someone a terrorist. Defining terrorism has proven especially daunting. The main reason is…
Month: April 2013
April 23, 2013
Percy Shelley – Left-Libertarian?
Most of you are probably familiar with Shelley for his Romantic poetry. But did you know that he dabbled in political philosophy too? Perhaps even … libertarian political philosophy? Check out the following…
April 19, 2013
Liberty Links
Eric Mack’s review of Gerald Gaus’ The Order of Public Reason (See also Mack’s earlier comments at Cato Unbound) The video of my recent debate with Debra Satz on the moral…
April 18, 2013
The End of an Era: The Kiobel Decision
Yesterday the Supreme Court issued a ruling that virtually ended more than 30 years of human rights litigation in United States courts. Starting with the landmark Filartiga case, foreigners have…
April 17, 2013
Workshop on Alex Gourevitch, _Something of Slavery Still Remains_
On May 14, we will hold a workshop at McGill on Alex Gourevitch’s manuscript Something of Slavery Still Remains: Labor and the Cooperative Commonwealth. Gourevitch is Assistant Professor of Political…
April 17, 2013
von Platz on Economic Liberties as Basic Rights
Jeppe von Platz (Suffolk University) has a new paper entitled “Are Economic Liberties Basic Rights?”, available Online First at Politics, Philosophy, and Economics: In this essay I discuss a powerful…