October 15, 2015
Podcast on Toleration
Last month I did an episode of the Free Thoughts Podcast over at Libertarianism.org. Aaron Ross Powell, Trevor Burns, and I had a great discussion about toleration. Check it out…
Posts filed under liberalism
July 06, 2015
The Department of Marriage: A Thought Experiment
Imagine that the creation of the U.S. Department of Marriage is announced tomorrow. The Department employs a team of social scientists tasked with predicting the outcomes of various marriage types….
July 01, 2015
Liberal Politics & Public Faith Podcast
Philosopher Robert Talisse just interviewed me for New Books in Philosophy about my new book, Liberal Politics and Public Faith: Beyond Separation. You can listen or download the audio file here or download the…
June 29, 2015
Indeed, Why Not Polygamy?
Is it time to grant polygamous marriages the same legal recognition as monogamous marriages? I think it is and here’s why: all of the standard objections to polygamous marriage can…
June 22, 2015
Cooperation over Coercion: The Importance of Unsupervised Childhood Play for Democracy and Liberalism
I have a new working paper at SSRN on the role of unsupervised childhood play in enabling children to learn the skills and attitudes central to democracy and liberalism. It…
January 12, 2015
Some academic announcements
1) People who are writing political theory or philosophy book manuscripts: there are still couple of days left in which to apply to the annual Montreal Political Theory Manuscript Workshop…