April 16, 2014
“They’ll Mess It Up!”: Not an Objection to a Moral Theory
I posted some initial thoughts about lying to voters in a recent post. In my book The Ethics of Voting, I argue that most voting is wrongful. In the recent post, I…
Month: April 2014
April 16, 2014
The Duty to Lie to Stupid Voters
I’m writing a paper for an edited anthology on political ethics. I haven’t started writing it yet; I’ve just written an abstract for their proposal. But the paper will defend…
April 15, 2014
Two Concepts of Rules and Institutions
One of Rawls’s best papers is “Two Concepts of Rules”. I’m going to discuss one aspect of it here. I’m assuming you’ve read the paper, or at least read a good…
April 15, 2014
Ayn Rand’s Theory of Rights – A Critique
It usually begins with Ayn Rand, wrote Jerome Tuccille back in 1972, and so it did with me. My first exposure to libertarianism was Rand’s novel, The Fountainhead, and it didn’t take long…
April 14, 2014
Bleeding Heart Utilitarian Libertarianism
With my first post as an official member of BHL, I’ll take a big picture approach and briefly explain why I think utilitarianism should be attractive to bleeding heart libertarians….
April 14, 2014
Monday Morning Links
Dan Bier (aka The Skeptical Libertarian) asks: “Should Homophobes be Fired?“ John McCaskey on “The New Libertarians: New Promoters of a Welfare State“ Chandran Kukathas and Christopher Wellman debate open…