January 05, 2015
Libertarian Theory for the Real World
Last month, I presented a paper at a Georgetown University conference on “The Ethical Limits of Markets.” The title of my paper was “A Libertarian Case for the Moral Limits…
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December 20, 2014
Persian cats and Bureaucrats
A little bit of light relief at the end of the semester… My wife and I used to own a small grey Persian cat, called “Peen”. Peen had a number…
November 30, 2014
Self, Other, and Morality
A forthcoming study: Harm to others outweighs harm to self in moral decision making Molly Crockett et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, forthcoming Abstract: Concern for the…
November 26, 2014
Mr. Jefferson’s University
In 2012, a student was violently raped by a group of fraternity members at the University of Virginia, a story that was recently re-told by Sabrina Rubin Erdely in Rolling…
November 12, 2014
The Jailhouse Theory of International Relations
Tesón’s reaction to my post reminds of me of this: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FnO3igOkOk&w=560&h=315] It’s wrong in the way Jessup’s speech is wrong. We might need some men on some walls, but we…
November 11, 2014
What Makes Someone a Hero
Suppose Joe sincerely wants to serve his community. He is even willing to die to do so. Joe sincerely believes his Uncle Sam is a good person. Joe sincerely believes…