December 23, 2011
Ron Paul continued
In my first post here, I wrote that among my reasons for embracing a liberal kind of libertarianism and wanting to publicly emphasize libertarianism’s liberal-ness is the great importance, in…
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December 21, 2011
The Morality of Occupying Private Property
So as the Occupy movement switches tactics to occupy foreclosed homes, I pose the following questions for my colleagues here at BHL and the commentariat: 1. Given that many of…
December 20, 2011
Why I am a Bleeding Heart Ideal Libertarian
I thought I would throw my 2 cents into the current discussion since my view seems to be different than those who have posted so far. I have to first…
December 19, 2011
What is Bleeding Heart Libertarianism? Part Two: Strong BHL
In my last post, I distinguished between three types of bleeding heart libertarianism (BHL): Weak/Contingent BHL, Anarchist Left BHL, and Strong BHL. I put myself in the third category, but…
December 17, 2011
A different distinction
Below, Matt differentiated between “Contingent BHLs” “This group has what might be described as standard right-libertarian views for standard right-libertarian reasons….What makes members of this group bleeding heart libertarians is…
December 17, 2011
Why I am a Bleeding Heart Libertarian
I wouldn’t have written such a self-centered post but for the fact that Matt listed me as the main exemplar of contingent (“weak”) BHL –the view that support for libertarian…