March 16, 2015
The Open Borders Manifesto
Today is Open Borders Day. You can sign the Open Borders Manifesto here: Freedom of movement is a basic liberty that governments should respect and protect unless justified by extenuating…
Author: Jason Brennan
March 12, 2015
New Resource: Libertarianism in the Oxford Bibliographies
Oxford University Press released a new research tool this year called Oxford Bibliographies. Each entry (there will be thousands of entries in dozens of academic subjects) consists of an annotated bibliography, broken…
March 06, 2015
Community and Diversity in Cohen’s Socialist Utopia
Some excerpts/summary from a paper of mine, forthcoming in a symposium on Cohen’s Why Not Socialism? Lots of typos, I’m sure. In Why Not Socialism?, Cohen articulates a number of moral principles…
February 27, 2015
Should You Go to Grad School?
UPDATE: If you have honest questions about grad school, I’d be happy to answer them as best I can. Periodically, I give talks about professionalization in the academy to prospective…
February 18, 2015
College Speech Codes: A Quick Critique
This Slate article has been making the rounds. It argues that campus speech codes are defensible in large part because college kids really are still kids, in a way. They have…
February 13, 2015
LAST CHANCE: BOOK DEDICATION FOR SALE
UPDATE: In just over 24 hours, the silent auction closes. Current high bid is $260. There’s been some discussion about the metaphysics of dedication, such as whether it’s really possible to…