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."
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."
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.
Is public choice a better defense of free-market libertarianism than natural rights? Michael Munger thinks so.
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.
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.
Though Kuttner thinks the New Deal a great success, he himself lays out some of its many problems.
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.
By asking people not to pursue market success, altruists are actually asking them not to help others.