April 14, 2014
Bleeding Heart Utilitarian Libertarianism
With my first post as an official member of BHL, I’ll take a big picture approach and briefly explain why I think utilitarianism should be attractive to bleeding heart libertarians….
April 14, 2014
Monday Morning Links
Dan Bier (aka The Skeptical Libertarian) asks: “Should Homophobes be Fired?“ John McCaskey on “The New Libertarians: New Promoters of a Welfare State“ Chandran Kukathas and Christopher Wellman debate open…
April 10, 2014
Liberty in the Academic Journals
Keeping up with new articles in the academic journals can be difficult. Especially for those of us with an interdisciplinary interest in liberty, it often feels like there are just…
April 10, 2014
The Government Is Not Us (Democratic Theory Edition)
Jason has correctly complained about claims that we are the government. He cites a ridiculous Salon article, but here’s a nice example from President Obama himself: You hear some of…
April 09, 2014
Some Thoughts on Equal Pay Day
Yesterday was Equal Pay Day and my Facebook reposting of my Learn Liberty video on the gender wage gap generated a whole bunch of discussion both on the thread and…
April 09, 2014
On Begging Questions
I think the non-aggression principle is true, but sort of useless in an argument with a non-libertarian. It’s a conclusion, not a premise. Similarly, I think it’s true that we’re…