November 22, 2011
Tuesday Links
Over at Libertarianism.org, Miles Pope has an ongoing series of blog posts on Jan Narveson’s unjustly neglected classic of contemporary libertarian thought – The Libertarian Idea. Also on that site…
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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…
November 14, 2011
Webinar on “Libertarianism and the Left”
This Wednesday, I’ll be giving a web-based lecture to Students for Liberty on the topic of “Libertarianism and the Left.” The talk is aimed at an audience of college-aged, libertarian…
November 10, 2011
Free Money for Grad Students
Are you a current or prospective graduate student with an interest in classical liberal / libertarian ideas? If so, consider applying for a Humane Studies Fellowship. Awards between $2,000 and…
November 08, 2011
Sweatshops, Exploitation, and Neglect
Ari Kohen responds to my recent post on sweatshops with a few lingering concerns. Among other things, he raises important questions about whether the evils of sweatshop labor can be…
November 03, 2011
Shouldn’t Sweatshops Do More?
Sophisticated critics of sweatshop labor recognize that sweatshop jobs make workers better off, but argue that sweatshops should do more to improve the lives of workers – that they should make them…