December 09, 2012
Social justice
I’m somewhere between the strong opponents of the concept of “social justice” among libertarians and my BHL colleagues who embrace it Tomasi-style. But a facebook discussion prompts the following thought:…
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December 04, 2012
New Video on Libertarianism vs. Social Justice
I’ve got a new video up at LearnLiberty.org on libertarianism and social justice. Actually, it’s the first in a two-part series. This video covers the standard libertarian critique of social…
December 04, 2012
New Articles on Libertarian Thought
Several articles have appeared in academic journals in the last month discussing various aspects of libertarian thought. I thought they might be of interest to BHL readers. Unfortunately, all of…
November 28, 2012
George H. Smith on Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know
George H. Smith (of Atheism: The Case Against God fame, among other works) starts a commentary on my recent book Libertarianism here. His overall take is positive: With the recent publication of Jason…
November 28, 2012
Why Property-Owning Democracy?
In this post, following my previous post, I will review the Rawlsian arguments for property-owning democracy (POD) and comment a bit on their structure. In short, POD is required to…
November 27, 2012
Social Statics Reading Group
Beginning December 10th, in conjunction with the awesome Students for Liberty (old people like it too!), I’m going to be leading an online reading group on Herbert Spencer’s Social Statics. It’s going…