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…
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November 13, 2011
A Premise Questioned
I haven’t been posting lately because I’ve been working on topics not directly related to the theme of the blog. I am reading G.A. Cohen’s Rescuing Justice and Equality. It…
September 08, 2011
New in the Journals
I’m trying out a new feature on the blog. Since many of our readers are not academics, and since even many academics (myself included!) have a hard time keeping up…
August 30, 2011
“What are you going to do with your gun?”
The most recent issue of The Atlantic has a fascinating article by Adam Winkler on “The Secret History of Guns.” It’s worth reading in its entirety, but I was especially…
August 29, 2011
Engaging—Just Not Radical
Gillespie, Nick, and Welch, Matt. The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong with America. New York: PublicAffairs 2011. Pp. xvi, 266. Index. 978-1-58648-938-0. The Declaration of…
July 01, 2011
Why State of Nature Theory?
We’re done with the preface of Anarchy, State, and Utopia. On to chapter 1. Nozick asks, “If the state did not exist would it be necessary to invent it? Would…