August 05, 2013
Sumner, Social Darwinism, and Social Justice
My series on William Graham Sumner at Libertarianism.org is now complete. I blogged here about the first two posts a couple of weeks ago. The last two posts went up…
All posts in: A Bleeding Heart History of Libertarian Thought
July 22, 2013
Social Darwinism and Social Justice
I’m halfway through a series of four essays on William Graham Sumner over at Libertarianism.org – the first is here and the second here. It might seem a bit odd…
July 19, 2013
New SEP Entry on Thomas Paine
I was surprised – and pleased – to learn yesterday that the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has a new entry up on Thomas Paine. The entry came as a surprise because,…
June 22, 2013
Elsewhere: Stocker on Adam Smith and distributive justice
See here and here. See also Stocker on Smith on justice and Stocker on Smith on pessimism.
April 23, 2013
Percy Shelley – Left-Libertarian?
Most of you are probably familiar with Shelley for his Romantic poetry. But did you know that he dabbled in political philosophy too? Perhaps even … libertarian political philosophy? Check out the following…
March 24, 2013
Discussion Questions du Jour
Suppose socialism had never become anything more than an intellectual movement, i.e., that no actual regime came to power calling itself socialist and putting into place policies and institutions it…