I have a post up at Princeton University Press’s Election 101 blog. I’ll be blogging there more regularly as the election season continues. Some posts will include material from Against Politics, which…
Reminder for DC area folks: The Mercatus Center will host a book panel on Sep 3, at 2:00, on Edward Stringham’s new OUP book Private Governance. It’s an excellent book. What’s…
Congratulations! It’s your senior year of college. You’ve aced all your classes and love the life of the mind. You like writing research papers, and you’re smarter than half your…
DC area people, take note: The Mercatus Center will host a panel on Sept 4, at 2 pm, on Edward Stringham’s new book Private Governance. RSVP here: https://mercatuscenter.wufoo.com/forms/edward-stringham-book-panel/ Bruce Benson and I will comment. I expect…
I’m pro-choice. But here’s an argument against the moral permissibility of abortion I haven’t seen: Recall Singer’s thought experiment about the drowning toddler. DROWNING TODDLER: You are walking alone one…
Robert Nozick, among others, wondered to what degree left-wing conceptions of social justice are mere attempts to valorize envy. (Extreme left-wing views in the US, in particular, tend to concentrated…