September 07, 2011
Podcast on selling kidneys–and children!
Here’s a recent podcast (from the Institute of Humane Studies’ Kosmos project) of me talking about markets in kidneys and children. Enjoy!
September 05, 2011
A Possible BHL position on Humanitarian Aid
Assume there is a moral principle indicating that states (or citizens therein) that have adequate (or better) resources have an obligation to aid those in states that have inadequate resources….
September 03, 2011
Violence, Wars, and States
[UPDATE: Due to an error, comments were disabled on the original version of this post. It is being reposted with comments enabled.] Violence is bad news. Individuals should think twice…
September 02, 2011
Schlivic Virtue and the Table-Pounding Objection
In various places I have argued that a person can exercise civic virtue without any engagement in politics whatsoever. The duties of citizenship and the goal of promoting the common…
August 31, 2011
Civic Virtue without Politics
I’ve read that the archaic Greeks had a narrow view of courage. They thought courage was a virtue that could only be expressed by a man in war. We’ve made…
August 30, 2011
Libertarians In Jackboots?
Michael Lind’s recent article accusing libertarianism of being inherently pro-autocracy conflates two different issues. He notes that libertarians have often been skeptical of majoritarian democracy; he also notes that libertarians…