July 21, 2011
Principles and Pragmatism
Over at Knowledge Problem, Lynne Kiesling reproduces a nice quote from Friedrich Hayek’s essay, “Principles or Expediency” (1971): From the insight that the benefits of civilization rest on the use…
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July 13, 2011
Should Bleeding Hearts Be Anarchists?
There are lots of reasons to reject the legitimacy of the state’s claim to authority. But, as I try to show in The Conscience of an Anarchist, a number of…
July 13, 2011
The Beverage of Liberty
OK, I admit it. Many of you suspected it all along. My espousal of libertarian principles is really just a cover for my selfish, material interests. An ideological superstructure, if…
July 08, 2011
A Bleeding Heart Libertarian Manifesto, Of Sorts
The Daily Caller published a rather longish opinion piece of mine today on “Seven Reasons Progressives Should Be More Libertarian.” It’s a followup to a piece I did for them…
July 07, 2011
Three Links
Over at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen, Murali works on developing Will Wilkinson’s idea of “Rawlsekianism,” an idea with close affinities to Bleeding Heart Libertarianism (but a much uglier name)….
July 01, 2011
Why State of Nature Theory?
We’re done with the preface of Anarchy, State, and Utopia. On to chapter 1. Nozick asks, “If the state did not exist would it be necessary to invent it? Would…