The Big Debate on Liberty Continues
My latest contribution on Cato Unbound: “LIBERAL REPUBLICANISM, MOVING PICTURES, AND WHY FREEDOM ISN’T THE SAME AS GOODNESS” I deal with the illiberal theory of “republicanism” advanced by Prof. Philip…
Tag: negative liberty
The Debate Begins — What the Heck Is Liberty?
Cato Unbound is hosting a debate that is going to start hotting up tomorrow. David Schmidtz and Jason Brennan started with an excerpt from their new book A Brief History…
What Is Liberty?
My response (“Liberty is Liberty“) to the provocative essay (“Conceptions of Freedom“) by David Schmidtz and Jason Brennan is now online. I’m mostly through their very interesting (not in the…
Sleepy in Istanbul
I managed to catch up on some sleep, but my body says I need more. (And the fact that it’s also telling me it’s kinda 12:45 am isn’t helping.) I’ll…
A Discussion of Liberty, “Negative” and “Positive”
The new Cato Unbound is focused on the nature of liberty. The lead essay (“The Big Myth About Liberty“) by David Schmidtz and Jason Brennan is quite provocative. My response…
Debating Tyler Cowen….
I just remembered, after Tyler Cowen’s very generous comments on my book Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice that I had criticized his views in this podcast: ““The Nature…