Deidre McCloskey has a post entitled Factual Free Market Fairness, which has received a great deal of attention and praise, including the claim by more than one person that it is the greatest blog post ever written! McCloskey’s specific …
In my last post, I offered some responses to James Bruce’s critique of my consequentialist libertarianism. Now, I complete my response.
4. Consequentialism and Constitutional Rules: Next consider political institutions and constitutional rules. At the political level, this …
Last week, James Bruce wrote a critique of several of my posts that argue for a consequentialist approach to Bleeding Heart Libertarianism. In my view, welfare consequentialism – a more refined version of utilitarianism – provides the best case for …
Over at our sister site, EconLog, the bloggers are discussing Bleeding Heart Libertarianism. Caplan notes with approval David Friedman’s criticism that the BHLs have not made clear the weight which they attach to the interests of the poor. Caplan wonders …
In my prior posts, I explained how I have always been a Bleeding Heart Libertarian who is concerned about the effects of liberty on the poor and how I now base my political views on a utilitarian approach. Under that …
In my last post on Bleeding Heart Libertarianism, I described how I have always been a Bleeding Heart type of Libertarian. Today, I want to describe where I am now on this issue.
Somewhere along the line – I think …
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