April 23, 2012
Natural Rights and Natural Stuff
Since there are many different sorts of approaches to libertarianism – including many different sorts of moral approaches – there are many different sorts of routes to the topic of…
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March 14, 2012
The Contraception Mandate Part II: Liberal vs. Libertarian Approaches
I was hoping to garner interest with my last post. I consider the contraception mandate an important issue not merely because it is in the news but because the controversy…
March 13, 2012
Justice at a Distance
I have not been blogging lately because I’ve been working with Loren Lomasky on a book about global justice. Its provisional title is Justice at a Distance. Here are the…
March 13, 2012
Why Liberals Must Oppose the Contraception Mandate
As many of you know, the Obama administration has decided to force religious organizations to finance health insurance policies which pay for contraception (and sterilization). The Roman Catholic Church (RCC)…
March 12, 2012
Workplace Coercion
Coercion is a really difficult concept to define. When theorists say things like “the workplace is a site of coercion” what does that mean, and what should we do about…
March 06, 2012
Sobel’s New Argument Against Self-Ownership
I thought BHL readers might be interested to learn about two cool new companion papers arguing against the Self-Ownership Thesis (SO) written by philosopher David Sobel. Sobel argues that SO…