March 06, 2016
Immigration and Property Rights
In Justice at A Distance, Loren Lomasky and I defend a liberal position on immigration. Our proposal is much more permissive than any mainstream position I know. We do recognize,…
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February 12, 2016
Most Closed Borders Arguments Lead to Anti-Liberalism
One has to be careful when making an argument for closing borders. The problem is that many of the arguments people offer lead to conclusions they are not prepared to…
February 11, 2016
First-Order Libertarianism, Second-Order Public Reason Liberalism
I’ve been asked a lot lately whether I am “still” a libertarian. One reason I think I’m asked this is that I spend a lot of time criticizing certain kinds…
November 09, 2015
Affirmative Consent and College Sexual Assault
Learn Liberty – an organization for which I’ve done several videos – has a new blog. I’ve got a piece up there this morning on “affirmative consent” laws and college…
October 28, 2015
Libertarians Can’t Believe in Closed Borders
Patrick Lynch wrote an interesting and provocative piece the other day arguing that immigration restrictions are consistent with libertarianism. An earlier post of mine explains why I disagree but I…
October 27, 2015
Links Left and Right
A few links of possible interest to BHL readers: Over at Jacobin, Lyle Jeremy Rubin looks at Bleeding Heart Libertarianism and related phenomena as attempts to save capitalism from its…