March 04, 2011
Libertarianism and Social Justice
First of all, let me extend my sincere gratitude to everyone who’s participated in the conversation so far. It’s been great. It’s been, in fact, overwhelmingly great. I’m stunned at…
First of all, let me extend my sincere gratitude to everyone who’s participated in the conversation so far. It’s been great. It’s been, in fact, overwhelmingly great. I’m stunned at…
UPDATE: I didn’t realize that this blog was going to be read by so many non-philosophers. It’s pretty clear from reactions on some other blogs that many readers aren’t familiar…
At least in the world of academic philosophy, libertarians are not known for their sympathy to the ideas of social or distributive justice. Hayek famously wrote that social justice is…