June 03, 2013
The Foundations of Libertarianism
Recently, I concluded a critical essay on the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP) by making the following claim: there comes a point where adding another layer of epicycles to one’s theory seems no…
May 31, 2013
More on Bleeding Hearts and Social Justice
As Andrew mentioned, both of us were on a panel about Bleeding Heart Libertarianism this week. Since he has posted his comments, and the blog has recently been buzzing with…
May 31, 2013
Guess the Author Time
See if you can guess the author of this quote. No Googling please. Your only hint is that it was written in the mid-1920s. Birth control and the use of…
May 31, 2013
Rawls’s Philosophical Project
I initially wrote a post explaining why I think libertarians should take Rawls seriously. But then I realized I understand Rawls pretty differently than most BHL readers. For instance, I…
May 30, 2013
My Bleeding Heart Libertarianism
What follows is the (slightly modified) text of a talk I will be delivering on a panel with Bas today–indeed, at roughly the time this first appears on-line, if I…
May 29, 2013
Policing Facebook: Some BHL Thoughts
CO-AUTHORED WITH SARAH SKWIRE (Trigger warning: while this post discusses violence against women only in general terms, some of the links contain graphic images.) A headline at CNN this afternoon…