April 10, 2016
The Immigrants I Know
We are seeing a tide of anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe. In this country the problem is considerably less severe; however, in a number of conservative quarters immigrants are blamed, against…
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March 18, 2016
A Dissenting View on Guns: Why Rights-Based Arguments Against Gun Control Fail
Bobby is a brilliant scientist. So brilliant, in fact, that he builds a functional atomic bomb in his garage. Of course, Bobby strictly adheres to the non-aggression principle, so he…
March 16, 2016
Happy Open Borders Day: How to Argue for Immigration Restrictions
In honor of Open Borders Day, here is an excerpt from the current draft of Global Justice as Global Freedom, which Bas and I are writing for Oxford University Press. This excerpt comes…
March 06, 2016
Immigration and Property Rights
In Justice at A Distance, Loren Lomasky and I defend a liberal position on immigration. Our proposal is much more permissive than any mainstream position I know. We do recognize,…
February 12, 2016
Most Closed Borders Arguments Lead to Anti-Liberalism
One has to be careful when making an argument for closing borders. The problem is that many of the arguments people offer lead to conclusions they are not prepared to…
January 27, 2016
The Crime Objection to Open Borders
If you’ve been reading this blog, you probably know the basic moral and economic (is that different?) arguments for open borders. In short: Immigration restrictions actively harm people by prohibiting…