March 02, 2013
Explanation is not Justification
The reaction to Sarah’s post on why libertarians don’t seem to put outrage about rape and the institutions that facilitate it and cover it up higher on their priority list…
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February 26, 2013
“When it says Libby’s Libby’s Libby’s on the label label label”
The current online kerfuffle among libertarians (and Horwitz and I had nothing to do with this one!) involves labels. Glenn Beck has recently relabeled himself from conservative to libertarian. Alexander…
February 22, 2013
Libertarian Social Morality: Progressive, Conservative or Liberal?
Libertarians regularly argue about the relationship between their political commitments and their “moral views.” The disagreement seems to proceed by answers to two questions. 1. Do libertarian political commitments imply…
February 15, 2013
Adam Smith’s Moral and Political Philosophy
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has an excellent new entry up by Samuel Fleishacker on “Adam Smith’s Moral and Political Philosophy.” The whole thing is worth reading, including the extremely helpful…
February 05, 2013
Blogging at Libertarianism.Org, Part 4: Liberty and Property
Speaking of property, my latest at Libertarianism.org is up, looking at the relationship between freedom and property. The controversial part of my thesis, at least for libertarians I guess, is…
February 05, 2013
Property Rights are Conventional, So Libertarianism Is False? A Reply to Philip Pettit
When the great social democratic political philosophers of our day decide to address libertarianism outside of a philosophy journal, I am typically left wondering who on earth they think they’re…