June 19, 2013
Rawls for Libertarians
My last two posts have explained what I take to be Rawls’s philosophical project and the main errors in that project. Now I can state in a relatively straightforward fashion…
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June 15, 2013
What Global Justice Should Be About: A Preview
Here are the projected introductory paragraphs of the book we have (almost!) completed with Loren Lomasky: What do we owe distant others? In this book we offer a simple answer…
May 31, 2013
More on Bleeding Hearts and Social Justice
As Andrew mentioned, both of us were on a panel about Bleeding Heart Libertarianism this week. Since he has posted his comments, and the blog has recently been buzzing with…
May 25, 2013
Fearing Freedom
James Buchanan was one of the most philosophical economists of his generation, and he had a deep commitment to the classical liberal world-view. But he also identified serious challenges that…
May 21, 2013
Barack Obama’s Political Philosophy
(Author’s note: this is a post about ideas, not politics. It is unrelated to current events. It simply examines the philosophical views expressed by our Chief Executive.) In a number…
March 15, 2013
Tomasi Book Workshop Part I
The Pacific APA is holding an author meets critics session on John Tomasi’s Free Market Fairness in late March. I’m one of the critics, along with Steve Wall and Paul Gowder….