Liberty versus “Relational Egalitarianism”
Egalitarian liberals think that basic liberties can be violated in the quest for equality and even that "the natural duty to promote justice straightforwardly implies a duty to establish states."
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Nozick on Morality and Evolution
It is hard to explain through evolution how we know any necessary truths. Does this give us reason to abandon necessary truth? Nozick thinks so.
Libertarianism and Public Choice
Is public choice a better defense of free-market libertarianism than natural rights? Michael Munger thinks so.
Santayana on the State
Santayana thinks the state can spiritually satisfy people even though it exploits them. The only problem is that states go to war. The solution? A world state.
Guns and Self-Defense
As antigun studies surface left and right, it's worth remembering that the right to self-defense isn't merely about being safe. It's about having the choice to defend yourself.
Russell on the State
The state makes an entirely artificial division of mankind and of our duties towards them: towards one group we are bound by the law, towards the other only by the prudence of highwaymen.
The New Deal: Admissions against Interest
Though Kuttner thinks the New Deal a great success, he himself lays out some of its many problems.
Hazony on the American Tradition
Hazony thinks the economic nationalism of the nineteenth century should guide America today.
Is Freedom the Highest Political Value?
In his ambitious new book, Conservatism: A Rediscovery, the distinguished Israeli philosopher Yoram Hazony poses a sharp challenge to the view that freedom is the highest political value.
Capitalism Facilitates Mutual Aid. It Can’t Be Dismissed as “Selfish Materialism”
By asking people not to pursue market success, altruists are actually asking them not to help others.
