In this post, I give some limited reasons to think that classical liberals have to integrate a positive and normative conception of duty into an analysis of how to solve…
Some moral and political theories are completely insensitive to consequences. These moral theories are crazy; I dismiss them with prejudice. Any sensible moral or political theory has some concern for…
Ross Levatter at libertarianism.org attempts but fails to take me to task for asking the following question: Imagine that a bunch of economists provide compelling evidence that life in a…
Liberty Matters is hosting a discussion this month on George H. Smith’s book, The System of Liberty: Themes in the History of Classical Liberalism. It kicks off with an introductory…
One study claims that tenure-track professors tend to be worse teachers (at the introductory level) than adjuncts or other non-tenure-track instructors. See the write-up in the Atlantic here. The main argument:…
I don’t usually post ads, but we’re running a pretty darn cool conference out at BGSU next year. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The Bowling Green Workshop in Applied Ethics and Public…