March 21, 2011
Pre-Order Special: The Ethics of Voting
The Ethics of Voting will be out in two weeks, on April 4th. [EDIT: Looks like copies are available now. Amazon has a temporary backorder, but Barnes and Noble has…
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March 18, 2011
In This Post, I Definitively Prove Neoclassical Liberalism is True
Here’s a story related to me by another philosopher. The philosopher in question might be labeled “libertarian”, though that label is as misleading as it is helpful. (Indeed, I’m still…
March 17, 2011
David Schmidtz on Scarcity, Equality, and Justice
David Schmidtz is one of the best. Here is a video designed to get people thinking.
March 16, 2011
Inequality and Nozickian Historical Justice
I’d like to summarise here a point I make at greater length in my piece “Left-Libertarianism, Class Conflict, and Historical Theories of Distributive Justice.” In Anarchy, State, and Utopia, Robert…
March 16, 2011
‘ing Thought Experiments: How Do They Work?
Many people approach political questions as a war to defend their ideological turf. Others are policy wonks who want to turn everything into a debate about contemporary policies. (How boring.) Some…
March 15, 2011
What’s Important vs. What’s Interesting
Here are some policy areas where classical liberals or libertarians seem to have a lot of common ground with those on the political left: • Immigration – Immigration is a…