As Bas mentioned a few weeks ago, today begins our symposium on Michael Huemer’s new book The Problem of Political Authority. The book has two aims: refute the main philosophical arguments…
I suppose the readers of this website are more likely than most to favor open borders. But the majority of people are pretty strongly opposed to immigration. They think the…
In my teaching prep for my political philosophy course this fall, I’ve been rereading Rousseau and I’ve run across a passage that articulates a concern that moved me away from…
My last two posts have explained what I take to be Rawls’s philosophical project and the main errors in that project. Now I can state in a relatively straightforward fashion…
As Andrew mentioned, both of us were on a panel about Bleeding Heart Libertarianism this week. Since he has posted his comments, and the blog has recently been buzzing with…
What follows is the (slightly modified) text of a talk I will be delivering on a panel with Bas today–indeed, at roughly the time this first appears on-line, if I…