April 21, 2011
On Self-Ownership
Self-ownership is the property right that a person has over her natural assets, that is, over her mind and body. As is well known (and nicely summarized in Matt’s post,)…
April 19, 2011
Bleeding Hearts at the APA
The Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association is coming to the city I call home this week. A few of us BHLers are on the program. If you're going…
April 18, 2011
A Bleeding Heart History of Libertarian Thought – John Locke
Few political philosophers have had an influence comparable to that of John Locke. In his own time, he was a revolutionary whose ideas ultimately triumphed in the Glorious Revolution of…
April 16, 2011
Poverty and the State
Apologists for the state often suggest that the state is essential if people are to be protected against deprivation resulting from accident, disaster, or injustice. I’m not persuaded that they’re…
April 16, 2011
The Ethics of Voting on PBS’s Need to Know
I was interviewed by a journalist at PBS's Need to Know. Read it here. (Incidentally, the journalist asked very sharp questions, and it turns out he was a philosophy major.)
April 15, 2011
A Second Pass at Ayn Rand
I took down my original post. It was misleading and was getting hostile responses. People assumed I’m some big Ayn Rand fan and was whining that she didn’t get the…