September 09, 2015
On the Refugee Crisis
I applaud the willingness of Germany to receive Syrian refugees, and I agree with those who say that the United States and others should do more. News reports, however, make…
I applaud the willingness of Germany to receive Syrian refugees, and I agree with those who say that the United States and others should do more. News reports, however, make…
That’s the thesis of Markets without Limits. But what does it really mean? Some excerpts from the book: OUR THESIS No one thinks that literally everything and anything should be for…
One of the stranger arguments against commodification Peter and I encountered holds that it is wrong to commodify certain things, because doing so would diminish other people’s freedom to enjoy having…
Singer’s famous example is taken to establish that some acts of Samaritanism are morally required. He writes, “if it is in our power to prevent something very bad from happening,…
Tony de Jasay should be more widely known, and discussed. In my humble opinion, that is. Hartmut Kliemt wrote a provocation… …to which Chris Coyne…. …and then I…. responded. If…
Suppose you’re convinced by Peter Singer’s thought experiment, and believe that those of us in rich countries have a moral duty to help the global poor. How should we go…