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Bleeding-heart libertarianism?

Jumping into the debate about “bleeding-heart libertarianism” (Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasi, Bryan Caplan and again, David Friedman, David Henderson, and others), which seeks to integrate libertarianism with social justice. “Social justice” is one of those vaguely-specified, usually suspect phrases, defined by one defender of BHL as the position that “the moral justification of our […]

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Spanish Libertarian interview on pomo, Jordan Peterson, and red-pilling SJWs [transcript]

Ignasi Boltó, a.k.a. the Spanish Libertarian, asked me eleven questions for his YouTube channel. Here is the transcript: Ignasi Bolto: Hello, friends from the internet. It’s Ignasi from Spanish Libertarian. Today we’re making another interview in English. I know most of you usually speak in Spanish, but we also like to give content in other language. Also,

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Don’t Tread on Anyone — Keith Knight’s interview with me

At the Voluntaryist site, Keith Knight asked me seven questions: 1. What is liberal capitalism, and why is it a moral system? 2. What about the poor? What about bleeding-heart libertarianism, and why should poor people favor liberal capitalism? 3. What is wealth, and how can we accurately measure it? 4. What is the Frankfurt

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Kant and Liberalism: Nine Perspectives

Immanuel Kant died on February 12 in 1804. In preparation for that anniversary, here are links to nine liberal/libertarian philosophers who argue whether Kant is or is not classically liberal. Mark D. White, “Defending Kant’s Classical Liberalism.” Professor White argues that Kant’s politics gives individuals the liberty to act on the products of their deliberation

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The Conceptual Penis — further developments

* The original hoax article, “The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct,” was published by Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay in the academic journal Cogent Social Sciences. * Simultaneously they published this lambasting commentary. * Salon‘s Phil Torris deflated the hoax’s significance in a scathing piece. * Professor James Taylor agreed, arguing that the hoax

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Two libertarians debate the welfare state, pro and con

Bryan Caplan says No: I’m a hard-core libertarian who defines libertarianism broadly. If you think voluntarism is seriously underrated and government is seriously overrated, you’re a libertarian in my book.” But, “when libertarians start describing Danish ‘flexicurity’ with deep admiration, however, I don’t just doubt their libertarian commitment. More importantly, I wonder why they changed

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Worth Reading for March 2005

3/31 At PointofLaw.com, a valuable collection of to-the-point columns on Robert Bradley, Jr. at the Institute for Energy Research and one from Jimmy Wales, the founder of the intriguing The Atlasphere.) 3/28 Non-bleeding-heart libertarian Bryan Caplan suggests conditional welfare for the poor: Marginal Revolution.) 3/26 A debate on free speech by law professors muzzle professors

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