January 03, 2012
Responses to Two Objections to My Challenge
Rather than leave them buried in the comments, I thought I would respond to two very good objections to my prior post on same-sex marriage as a new post, especially…
January 03, 2012
Ron Paul: Immorality, Salience, and Significance
Some of you might have missed Glenn Greenwald’s essay on Progressives and Ron Paul over the holiday weekend. If so, you should go read it now. It’s one the best…
January 03, 2012
A Challenge for Libertarians Against Federal Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage
Let me put my cards on the table: 1. In my ideal world, the state would be out of the marriage business. 2. My ideal world will not be achieved…
January 02, 2012
Why I’m Not a Bleeding-Heart Libertarian
Matt Z. generously invited me to guest-post here at BHL, so I’ve decided to return his generosity by dumping on the entire enterprise, with love. Perhaps this will somehow turn…
December 31, 2011
Some theses
1) Libertarianism (like the liberalism of which it is a subset) is, as such, best understood as a political doctrine, not a comprehensive account of the good life and a…
December 31, 2011
Libertarianism and Morality
I intend these comments as a friendly amendment to Matt’s thoughtful post. What implications, if any, does adherence to a political libertarian principle have for other moral issues? The libertarian…