Most Closed Borders Arguments Lead to Anti-Liberalism

One has to be careful when making an argument for closing borders. The problem is that many of the arguments people offer lead to conclusions they are not prepared to…

First-Order Libertarianism, Second-Order Public Reason Liberalism

I’ve been asked a lot lately whether I am “still” a libertarian. One reason I think I’m asked this is that I spend a lot of time criticizing certain kinds…

CALL FOR PAPERS “The Ethics of Bodily Commodification”

CALL FOR PAPERS “The Ethics of Bodily Commodification” Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 Keynote Speakers: Mark J. Cherry, St Edwards University Samuel J. Kerstein, University of Maryland To be held at…

GA State MA program

Just a reminder that Georgia State University’s terminal MA program in philosophy is still accepting applications through April 15 for Fall 2016. All acceptances come with a two-year assistantship package…

February 07, 2016

Morality and Market Process

I’m not sure others will find this argument persuasive. But one argument for the morality of markets goes like this: A. It is wrong to use something someone else values more….

February 01, 2016

Some Commentary on the Semiotics of Markets

At Business Ethics Review Journal, Dan Layman has a critique of “Markets without Symbolic Limits”. Abstract: Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski reject expressive objections to markets on the grounds that (1)…

February 12, 2016