I thought it might be useful to revisit the ongoing discussion about what makes for a Bleeding Heart Libertarian. In this post, I offer a case that I think will…
I am delighted that my friend and teacher Roderick Long has engaged my first foray into the blogosphere. Roderick has deeply influenced my views. For instance, if not for him,…
Perhaps the best argument against utilitarian and self-ownership defenses of libertarianism is this: Utilitarianism is too consequence-sensitive and self-ownership is too consequence-insensitive. It’s a simple criticism. Utilitarianism is well-known for…
In this post, I will introduce various forms of the self-ownership thesis, the claim that persons are sole and extensive owners of themselves and the fruits of their labors. In…
Murray Rothbard believes that each person has a right of full self-ownership, and that if we were consistent in recognizing this fact and its implications, we would see that anarcho-capitalism…