Hello blog readers. Like my fellow bloggers I am stunned and grateful for the attention our blog has generated. I am also tickled that my suggestion for the name…
A possibly obvious point. Libertarianism is a doctrine about the limits of state power. It is not a doctrine about individual excellence or individual morality. In particular, libertarianism does not…
In earlier posts, Jason nicely laid out a variety of forms of philosophical liberalism and Jacob nicely indicated a difference between the philosophical and political. Here, I'd like to briefly lay out…
If you only read academic philosophy discussing orthodox right libertarianism, you might expect that libertarians are callous and indifferent to poverty. Academic philosophers tend to think that self-described libertarians have…
A few months ago, the New York Times ran this story about the exploitation of day laborers. According to the study, day laborers are subjected to a variety of harms –…
The sheer shock and disbelief that I've noticed in some comments sections (here, on other blogs, on facebook) about the category "bleeding-heart libertarians" seems to me partly rooted in a…