September 07, 2012
The New Theory of Justice
Modern political philosophers (such as Rawls, Dworkin, and others) have tried to reconcile the traditional liberal concern for liberty with the demands of distributive justice, the latter understood as a…
Author: Fernando Teson
August 16, 2012
Justice: Realized or Guaranteed?
We have discussed at length the differences between bleeding-heart libertarians and liberal egalitarians. Let us assume that both camps agree that political institutions must take centrally into account the plight…
July 24, 2012
Obama’s “you didn’t build that!”: A Long Pedigree
I am somewhat surprised by the reaction to the view expressed by Barack Obama, that successful people don’t deserve (all or much of the) credit for their success. Critics acted…
July 01, 2012
The Supreme Court Decision, Freedom of Contract, and Federalism
Let us assume that the health-care individual mandate violates a moral right, freedom of contract. If so, non-lawyers may find it mildly surprising that Sebelius was not about freedom of contract….
May 02, 2012
May Day? Pretty Bad
I was not planning to blog about this, but I must take the pen to support Ilya Somin and Jason Brennan against their critics, in particular fellow blogger Roderick Long…
March 13, 2012
Justice at a Distance
I have not been blogging lately because I’ve been working with Loren Lomasky on a book about global justice. Its provisional title is Justice at a Distance. Here are the…