June 10, 2013
If Freedom Is So Great, Why Won’t Our Masters Free Us?
Michael Lind asks a question. E. J. Dionne gives an answer. Over at C4SS I criticise both.
June 07, 2013
Does a Stronger Military Make Us Safer?
That’s the topic of debate between our friend Bryan Caplan and Jan Ting of Temple University. Watch the clip above for a brief taste, or watch the whole debate here.
June 07, 2013
Rawlsian Trash
I love Rawls more than anyone else on this blog; perhaps a lot more. But sometimes you have to take out the trash and save the baby from the bathwater….
June 06, 2013
Pinker on Social Dominance
From The Better Angels of Our Nature: The dark side of our communal feelings is a desire for our own group to dominate another group, no matter how we feel about…
June 05, 2013
Virtual Reading Group on Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Last year, with the invaluable help of Ankur Chawla and Students for Liberty, I ran a virtual reading group on Herbert Spencer’s Social Statics. Starting in the Fall semester, I’ll be…
June 04, 2013
Brink Lindsey on the NAP and Moral Foundations
Brink Lindsey’s contribution to the aforementioned “Foundations Week” at Libertarianism.org is now up. Its title is “Life’s More Complicated than the Non-Aggression Principle,” and much of the post is devoted…