February 02, 2013
More on Libertarians and War
Libertarians think that only defensive war is justified. This belief about war is an extension of the beliefs about individual violence. Just as persons cannot permissibly attack other persons, so…
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January 25, 2013
Blogging at Libertarianism.Org, Part 3: Quantifying Liberty
My latest post at Libertarianism.org is up, in which I continue my critique of “maximizing liberty.” In my last post, I argued that the goal of maximizing freedom is an…
January 22, 2013
How to Talk to a Poet. Now with More Hayek!
There’s been a lot of talk on the libertarian intertubes lately, about the best ways to talk about libertarian/classical liberal/free market ideas to those who aren’t pre-disposed to like them….
January 21, 2013
Is Britain’s Chief Orthodox Rabbi a Bleeding Heart Libertarian?
It sure sounds that way. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks first came to my attention when he was quoted by Deirdre McCloskey in The Bourgois Virtues. Sacks once wrote: “It is through…
January 17, 2013
Blogging at Libertarianism.Org, Part 2: Libertarianism and Liberty
My latest post at Libertarianism.org takes on the idea that libertarianism should be understood as a doctrine committed to the maximization of freedom. There are several serious problems with this…
January 14, 2013
3 AM Magazine interview with me about, well, everything.
Read it here. Jason Brennan is a new kickin’ kid on the block of political philosophy. He writes about J.S. Mill, communitarians, alienation, paradoxes of justice in Rawls, whether legal…