Perhaps the best argument against utilitarian and self-ownership defenses of libertarianism is this: Utilitarianism is too consequence-sensitive and self-ownership is too consequence-insensitive. It’s a simple criticism. Utilitarianism is well-known for…
In this post, I will introduce various forms of the self-ownership thesis, the claim that persons are sole and extensive owners of themselves and the fruits of their labors. In…
Last post, I claimed that lots of libertarians are consequentialists. In this post, I want to try and state the kind of consequentialism I think most libertarians would sign on…
Hi y’all. Let me take the opportunity to thank Matt and my fellow cobloggers for allowing little ole’ me to join their ranks. Instead of me blathering on about myself,…
I intend these comments as a friendly amendment to Matt’s thoughtful post. What implications, if any, does adherence to a political libertarian principle have for other moral issues? The libertarian…
I thought I would throw my 2 cents into the current discussion since my view seems to be different than those who have posted so far. I have to first…