Jeppe von Platz (Suffolk University) has a new paper entitled “Are Economic Liberties Basic Rights?”, available Online First at Politics, Philosophy, and Economics: In this essay I discuss a powerful…
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments about whether human genes may be patented. The case centers on a dispute between a group of researchers and patient advocates and Myriad…
For my first few posts, I want to write some things about rights. I plan to write on human rights and on property rights in the future. But first I…
Of possible interest to BHL readers: a review symposium of John Tomasi’s Free Market Fairness in The Journal of Politics, with pieces by Sheri Berman, Eric MacGilvray, Robert Taylor, and…
Over at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Lisa Herzog has written a very nice entry on “markets” that will likely be of interest to readers of this blog. In particular, section…
Following Mill, libertarians have condemned paternalistic legislation. Examples of such legislation are the criminalization of drugs, and the failure to wear motorcycle helms or seat belts. Mill’s argument is that…