People disagree about the facts, about principles of justice, about the principles of political economy, and so on. Therefore, it is illegitimate to make reference to an external, objective standard…
Let’s begin a short series on some of the bad arguments democratic theorists commonly make. Today’s bad argument: The local knowledge argument. Democratic theorists know that libertarians tend to be meh…
Bob catches his wife cheating on him. He murders her right then, in heat of the moment. This is of course unjust. But suppose he instead plots revenge over the…
1. Academia is a highly right-wing place; leftism serves as an “expressive recompense” for that. 2. Academia is the gatekeeper of power and status. Leftism serves to temper the future…
Today on Facebook I read a comment from someone saying he hates America because so many Americans are apathetic about politics and current events. (He didn’t offer any comparative stats…
In In Defense of Openness, Bas and I respond to supposedly “left-wing” opposition to open borders. Leftist opposition to open borders is especially puzzling. It usually begins with the controversial empirical…