March 16, 2014
Libertarian Mungerfesto: Part V–Hayekian Socialism
My apologies for the long delay since Part IV. I’m finishing a book for Cambridge U Press, and an enormous screw-up in what should have been the final (as I…
Month: March 2014
March 12, 2014
How Coercion Discredits Religious Liberty
I’ve posted several defenses of religious exemptions on BHL, particularly those requested by objectors to the HHS contraception mandate and forcing people to serve gay couples against their conscience. I…
March 11, 2014
CFP: The Current State of Libertarian Philosophy
Andreas Wolkenstein writes to inform me that he is organizing a workshop on “The Current State of Libertarian Philosophy” at MANCEPT 2014 (Manchester, UK, September 8-10, 2014). Check out the…
March 10, 2014
Why Individualism Needs the Family
Defenders of individual liberty need the family, perhaps more than they know. Individualists need to acknowledge the importance of the family for the sake of theoretical completeness and for the…
March 06, 2014
Global Justice and the Problem of Kleptocracies
The last fifteen years or so have seen an explosion of writing on global justice. Here I flag a flaw in this literature: its failure to address the emergence and…
March 06, 2014
Is There a Libertarian Position on Pornography?
Co-Authored by Steve Horwitz A first year student at Duke who is funding her undergraduate education with a career in pornography has identified herself as a libertarian, giving rise to…