April 30, 2013
Eudaimonism and Non-Aggression
There are two ways one can go wrong with regard to the non-aggression principle (NAP). One way to go wrong is to treat the NAP as a rigid, out-of-context principle…
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April 27, 2013
NAP Roundup
UPDATED and moved to the top (4/23), again on (4/27) Last Monday, I published an essay on Libertarianism.org laying out a brief case against the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP). It kicked…
April 25, 2013
Against the Non-Aggression Principle as a Foundational Principle of Justice
As readers of this blog are no doubt aware, our maestro, Matt Zwolinski, has raised some hackles for his claim that the much beloved libertarian non-aggression principle is both a…
April 24, 2013
Zwolinski v. Smith
Cartoon libertarians–and there are many of them–usually think the non-aggression principle does a lot of philosophical work. Zwolinski has been arguing the principle is really quite problematic. A flustered George…
April 24, 2013
Who’s Afraid of Natural Rights? (Part II)
In my first post, I discussed the argument that there are no natural rights because such rights are too indeterminate. In this post I wish to take up another kind…
April 23, 2013
What Is a Terrorist?
In the wake of the Boston attack, I thought I would share my view of what makes someone a terrorist. Defining terrorism has proven especially daunting. The main reason is…