December 17, 2011
Why I am a Bleeding Heart Libertarian
I wouldn’t have written such a self-centered post but for the fact that Matt listed me as the main exemplar of contingent (“weak”) BHL –the view that support for libertarian…
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December 07, 2011
Our Family: A Possible Taxonomy
I’ve been delaying posting this for a while, but its time. Its a perhaps idiosyncratic view of where BHL fits into the set of political philosophies nearest to it (in…
December 01, 2011
New In the Journals – December 2011
This post continues the series started here, in which I present a selection of articles published or forthcoming in academic journals that might be of interest to readers of this…
November 19, 2011
More on Talents
This post is a continuation of the long and rich conversation generated by my previous post. Some of the comments below reiterate, perhaps less artfully, some of the points already…
November 16, 2011
A Bleeding Heart History of Libertarian Thought – Herbert Spencer
If you’re like most people, then the one thing you probably think you know about Herbert Spencer is that he was a “Social Darwinist.” And that one thing is wrong….
November 14, 2011
Linda Alcoff Should Resign as Vice President and President-Elect of the APA
UPDATE: An anonymous poster (I’m pretty sure I know who) wrote a comment accusing certain people of conspiring to destroy Oregon philosophy out of spite and personal grudges. The post…