Just a reminder that we here at Bleeding Heart Libertarians are going to be running a symposium on John Tomasi’s new book, Free Market Fairness next week, June 11-15. We’ve lined up some terrific participants: Elizabeth…
The May issue of Boston Review has a special forum on “How Markets Crowd Out Morals,” with a lead essay by Michael Sandel. Sandel’s essay is, like his recent Atlantic…
There’s been a bit of discussion in one of our recent comment threads about so-called “right-to-work” laws (RTW). This is a topic we’ve discussed before here. And it’s one about…
One of the themes in my recent conversation at Cato Unbound with David Friedman was whether utilitarianism or social justice is a better concept for thinking about the moral obligations…
A lot of very smart non-philosophers are attracted to some form of utilitarianism. Some of these people, like Ilya Somin and Mike Rappaport are generally sympathetic to the idea of…
My final contribution to the conversation at Cato Unbound is now up. Here, from the Cato Unbound site, is the complete index of the discussion. Peruse at your leisure! Lead…