June 26, 2013
Rape, Work, and Friedrich Hayek
Yesterday in my inbox I found a message announcing an upcoming episode of Frontline that explores “the reality of rape on the job” for immigrant workers in American fields, farms and…
Author: Matt Zwolinski
June 07, 2013
Does a Stronger Military Make Us Safer?
That’s the topic of debate between our friend Bryan Caplan and Jan Ting of Temple University. Watch the clip above for a brief taste, or watch the whole debate here.
June 06, 2013
Pinker on Social Dominance
From The Better Angels of Our Nature: The dark side of our communal feelings is a desire for our own group to dominate another group, no matter how we feel about…
June 05, 2013
Virtual Reading Group on Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Last year, with the invaluable help of Ankur Chawla and Students for Liberty, I ran a virtual reading group on Herbert Spencer’s Social Statics. Starting in the Fall semester, I’ll be…
June 04, 2013
Brink Lindsey on the NAP and Moral Foundations
Brink Lindsey’s contribution to the aforementioned “Foundations Week” at Libertarianism.org is now up. Its title is “Life’s More Complicated than the Non-Aggression Principle,” and much of the post is devoted…
June 03, 2013
The Foundations of Libertarianism
Recently, I concluded a critical essay on the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP) by making the following claim: there comes a point where adding another layer of epicycles to one’s theory seems no…