A follow-up on this previous post. Marcus Arvan at University of Tampa has an interesting post here about “selling the discipline” of philosophy to get more majors. Among his major selling…
I’ve been meaning to post on state legitimacy for a while now. Our symposium on Michael Huemer’s fine book seems like as good a reason to do this as any….
I said I’d hoped to have some thoughts about Part II of The Problem of Political Authority and I do have some reactions. I have a soft spot for anarchism,…
With his volume The Problem of Political Authority Michael Huemer has made an important contribution to the debate on political obligation and political authority. The first part of the volume…
There’s a lot to like about Michael Huemer’s The Problem of Political Authority. It repeats certain standard objections to the legitimacy of states. These are worth repeating since the defenders…
Sarah Stillman in the New Yorker on civil asset forfeiture. The officers found the couple’s cash and a marbled-glass pipe that Boatright said was a gift for her sister-in-law, and…