November 13, 2011
A Premise Questioned
I haven’t been posting lately because I’ve been working on topics not directly related to the theme of the blog. I am reading G.A. Cohen’s Rescuing Justice and Equality. It…
Author: Jason Brennan
October 03, 2011
The Ethics of Voting on New Books in Philosophy
Robert Talisse, a political philosopher at Vanderbilt, recently launched New Books in Philosophy, which interviews philosophers about their recently published books. I was interviewed in the summer about The Ethics…
September 26, 2011
A Simple Libertarian Argument for Environmental Regulation
Libertarians are often very hostile to environmental regulation. Why? Reflecting on the argument below should help us understand their grounds and whether the grounds are any good. 1. Pollution and…
September 21, 2011
Kill the Death Penalty
Even if we grant for the sake of argument that some people deserve to die, it does not follow that the state may be authorized to kill them. For a…
September 08, 2011
Bleg: What Does Everyone Need to Know about Libertarianism?
It looks like I’ll be writing a short book titled Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know for OUP. These books are aimed at a mixed audience–popular and academic. They’re serious…
September 02, 2011
Schlivic Virtue and the Table-Pounding Objection
In various places I have argued that a person can exercise civic virtue without any engagement in politics whatsoever. The duties of citizenship and the goal of promoting the common…