philosophy

October 4, 2017

Bourgeois Dignity at LibertyCon 2018

Why are markets so marvelous? Well, economist, historian, and amazing-all-around social theorist Deirdre McCloskey has an answer so compelling it’s changed the way we talk about economics. Markets, suggests McCloskey in her […]

August 16, 2017

Virtual Reading Group: Arguments for Liberty

Students For Liberty leaders have organized countless Virtual Reading Groups where a handful of students meet online every week for a discussion of pre-assigned readings, facilitated by an expert in the field. Dozens and dozens of […]

July 14, 2017

The American Anarcho-Individualist Tradition

Despite its strong association with Spanish anarchism during the 1930s, collectivism was not a hallmark of anarchism everywhere. In the US, for example, anarchism went hand in hand with certain Lockean-rooted individualism […]

December 3, 2016

5 Things The Purge Franchise Gets Wrong

After the release of the third installment of the franchise, The Purge has become the biggest grossing horror franchise of all time. The premise of The Purge is that once a year for 12 hours, all crime, […]

November 13, 2015

We Need More Philosophers and Fewer Politicians

In Tuesday night’s GOP popularity contest, Marco Rubio claimed, “Welders make more than philosophers. We need more welders and less philosophers.” While the grammatically incorrect claim has already been debunked, what interests […]

October 15, 2015

Not Just a Gun: Classical Liberalism and the Right to Self Defense

Emotions run high around the issue of gun control, and with good reason. Gun violence is indeed tragic. Overshadowed by the grim context of mass shootings, or more personal tragedies like suicides […]

May 28, 2015

Demystifying Natural Rights

Back in September, Nathan Goodman clarified the idea of “the invisible hand” in response to those who “misconstrue the concept as a form of magical thinking or religious fundamentalism.” Here, I’d like […]

May 25, 2012

Touchy Feely Anarchism

While I found Casey Given’s recent post to be timely and interesting, I have to worry about the claim that moralistic arguments for freedom should be abandoned. I’d agree that it’s not […]