February 11, 2016
First-Order Libertarianism, Second-Order Public Reason Liberalism
I’ve been asked a lot lately whether I am “still” a libertarian. One reason I think I’m asked this is that I spend a lot of time criticizing certain kinds…
Month: February 2016
February 09, 2016
CALL FOR PAPERS “The Ethics of Bodily Commodification”
CALL FOR PAPERS “The Ethics of Bodily Commodification” Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 Keynote Speakers: Mark J. Cherry, St Edwards University Samuel J. Kerstein, University of Maryland To be held at…
February 08, 2016
GA State MA program
Just a reminder that Georgia State University’s terminal MA program in philosophy is still accepting applications through April 15 for Fall 2016. All acceptances come with a two-year assistantship package…
February 07, 2016
Morality and Market Process
I’m not sure others will find this argument persuasive. But one argument for the morality of markets goes like this: A. It is wrong to use something someone else values more….
February 01, 2016
Some Commentary on the Semiotics of Markets
At Business Ethics Review Journal, Dan Layman has a critique of “Markets without Symbolic Limits”. Abstract: Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski reject expressive objections to markets on the grounds that (1)…