April 12, 2015
On Natural Resources
International lawyers often invoke a rule dubbed “Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources [hereinafter PSNR]. The rule reads : “The right of peoples and nations to permanent sovereignty over their natural…
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March 31, 2015
On Systematic Justifications of Private Property in Rawls, Locke, and Nozick
When students first learn about Rawls’s difference principle, they often assume Rawls intends the principle to be applied directly to every transaction. I can’t accept a pay raise unless this…
March 18, 2015
The Marginal Cases Argument for Open Immigration
Christopher Freiman has a paper coming out called “The Marginal Cases Argument for Open Immigration.” I’ll briefly summarize it here. I probably have lots of typos. Oh well. Freiman wants to…
March 06, 2015
Community and Diversity in Cohen’s Socialist Utopia
Some excerpts/summary from a paper of mine, forthcoming in a symposium on Cohen’s Why Not Socialism? Lots of typos, I’m sure. In Why Not Socialism?, Cohen articulates a number of moral principles…
January 26, 2015
IHS Weekend Seminar on “Liberty and Justice” at The College of New Jersey, Feb. 20 – 21st, 2015.
I’m very pleased to announce that The College of New Jersey will be co-hosting a weekend seminar with the IHS on the theme of “Liberty and Justice”. This will start…
January 04, 2015
The Uneasy Marriage of Liberty and Democracy
Michael Huemer writes that if seven friends at the bar decide by a vote of 6 to 1 that you should pay for everyone’s drinks, you are not obligated to…