February 14, 2012
Gary Chartier on Reason TV
Our very own Gary Chartier recently did an interview with Reason TV about his new book, Markets Not Capitalism. You can watch it here. And after you’re done, go ahead and get…
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February 10, 2012
Twelve Theses on Libertarian Eudaimonism
Obviously each of these following steps would need more explication and defense than I’m giving here. The picture is also a bit oversimplified, since (for one thing) it concerns reciprocal…
February 06, 2012
Libertarianism, Consequentialism, and Self-Ownership
1) Consequentialist Considerations Are Crucial for Libertarians In a recent post, Kevin Vallier suggests that libertarianism cannot be justified by either utilitarianism or self-ownership. The first is said to be…
February 04, 2012
Eudaimonist Libertarianism
In his most recent post, Kevin Vallier argues that as potential moral foundations for libertarianism, “Utilitarianism is too consequence-sensitive and self-ownership is too consequence-insensitive.” I agree with him, almost. (I…
December 23, 2011
How Did We Get Here? Or, Why Do 20 Year Old Newsletters Matter So Damn Much?
As some of you might know, I’ve been stirring up quite a bit of trouble on Facebook the last few days discussing the Ron Paul newsletters story. Matt suggested I…
December 21, 2011
What about Ron Paul?
If you say you’re against the state these days, someone’s sure to ask you how your views parallel Ron Paul’s. The frequency of these sorts of conversations seem likely to…