December 21, 2011
The Morality of Occupying Private Property
So as the Occupy movement switches tactics to occupy foreclosed homes, I pose the following questions for my colleagues here at BHL and the commentariat: 1. Given that many of…
December 20, 2011
Why I am a Bleeding Heart Ideal Libertarian
I thought I would throw my 2 cents into the current discussion since my view seems to be different than those who have posted so far. I have to first…
December 19, 2011
What is Bleeding Heart Libertarianism? Part Two: Strong BHL
In my last post, I distinguished between three types of bleeding heart libertarianism (BHL): Weak/Contingent BHL, Anarchist Left BHL, and Strong BHL. I put myself in the third category, but…
December 17, 2011
A different distinction
Below, Matt differentiated between “Contingent BHLs” “This group has what might be described as standard right-libertarian views for standard right-libertarian reasons….What makes members of this group bleeding heart libertarians is…
December 17, 2011
Why I am a Bleeding Heart Libertarian
I wouldn’t have written such a self-centered post but for the fact that Matt listed me as the main exemplar of contingent (“weak”) BHL –the view that support for libertarian…
December 16, 2011
What is Bleeding Heart Libertarianism? Part One: Three Types of BHL
A lot of readers come to this blog expecting, perhaps not unreasonably, to find a group of authors presenting a coherent, well worked out theory of “bleeding heart libertarianism” (BHL)…