March 13, 2011
Why We Don’t Agree
The remarkable truth of this conversation between bleeding heart libertarians and progressives is that our disagreement is exclusively empirical. If we all agree that political institutions should be arranged to…
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March 08, 2011
Liberalism
In earlier posts, Jason nicely laid out a variety of forms of philosophical liberalism and Jacob nicely indicated a difference between the philosophical and political. Here, I'd like to briefly lay out…
March 07, 2011
Classical Liberalism Defended
Let me start by thanking my fellow authors for inviting me to join them in this exciting forum. I’m honored to be in their company. I want to address an…
March 06, 2011
Half Joking, Half Serious: Which Liberties Matter?
On one reading of Plato, he advocates rule by philosopher kings.* He might be right, but you’ve got to be suspicious, given that he's a philosopher. On one reading of…
March 05, 2011
Sobel on Nozickian Property Rights
Our friend David Sobel, over at PEA Soup, has a very nice post discussing what he takes to be a serious problem with the Nozickian approach to property rights (one…
March 04, 2011
Neoclassical Liberalism vs High Liberalism
John Rawls argues that the basic structure of society ought to be evaluated according to two principles. The first principle concerns liberty; the second concerns social justice. In a simplified…