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The costs and benefits of cost-benefit analysis

vipulnaik wrote 6 days ago: There is often a conflict between tow broad schools of thought: the “libertarian” school … more →

Tags: Personal life and individual choice, Cost-Benefit Analysis, utility monster

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osopher wrote 1 week ago: Recall Bentham’s claim: pleasure (“happiness”) is the only quantifiable good. Now, … more →

Tags: Philosophy, experience?, Experience Machine, Star Trek, Virtual Reality

Rediscovering yourself2 comments

successdiva wrote 2 weeks ago: The great philosopher Immanuel Kant once said, “Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is orga … more →

Tags: The Success Diva Speaks, Alexis Wingate, Anthony Robbins, clutter, Creativity, happiness, Henry David Thoreau, Immanuel Kant, Philosophy

Youtopia Part II: Let Persuasion Rule Over Power1 comment

Guest Blogger wrote 1 month ago: This is our second post from Max Borders. His first can be found here.–Editor As I wrote yeste … more →

Tags: Charles Murray, Community, libertarianism, Politics

Nozick on "Utopia"

mikeikon wrote 1 month ago: From Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974). I found this passage incredibly inspir … more →

Tags: Political Theory, utopia

The Framework is Libertarian, But Any Community Within It Need Not Be3 comments

Mike Gibson wrote 2 months ago: Is There Really One Kind of Life Which Is Best For Each of These People? Yesterday, I introduced Noz … more →

Tags: communitarianism, libertarianism, Thought Experiment, utopia

Robert Nozick's Framework For Utopia3 comments

Mike Gibson wrote 2 months ago: “Only a failure of imagination, the same one that leads the man on the street to suppose that … more →

Tags: Anarchy State Utopia, charter cities, Community, James Buchanon, John Rawls, Public Goods, seasteading, utopia

Ten Practical Steps Towards Creating a Nozickian Utopia of Utopias3 comments

flowidealism wrote 2 months ago: This guest post comes from Michael Strong. He is the CEO of FLOW, Inc., and the author of Be The Sol … more →

Tags: charter cities, development, Paul Romer, utopia

Taxing the Fruit of Your Labor1 comment

kazvorpal wrote 2 months ago: Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor. Seizing the results of someone’ … more →

Tags: Economic, Politics, Anarchy, Freedom, Income Taxes, Labor, Labour, Liberty, progressive tax

Cornel West: The Modern day Griot (Part 2)

raincoatoptimism wrote 3 months ago: Cornel Ronald West was born June 2nd 1953 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was in his teenage years when his a … more →

Tags: Cornel West, Slavoj Zizek, Barack Obama, Al Sharpton, John McWhorter, Lawrence H. Summers, Bill Bradley, Marxism

Happy Independence Day6 comments

Marius Ostrowski wrote 5 months ago: We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by th … more →

Tags: News & Current Affairs, Politics, Political Philosophy, Utilitarianism, USA, Declaration of Independence, libertarianism, Independence Day, July 4

A Few Thoughts On Robert Nozick's "Anarchy, State and Utopia"2 comments

chr1 wrote 6 months ago: Currently, perhaps one of the best ways to maintain American dynamism, egalitarianism, and social mo … more →

Tags: Public Debate, Philosophy, Politics, Nature, kant, libertarianism, Political Philosophy

Wilkinson's Democraphilia2 comments

Mike Gibson wrote 7 months ago: Will Wilkinson has a well-intentioned post up about how he wants to distance himself from those wary … more →

Tags: Competitive Government, democracy, Immigration, Liberalism, Meta-institutions, utopia, Will Wilkinson

Utopian framework: Nozick & Vaneigem

lettrist wrote 7 months ago: It is clear from all these theses that the project of generalized self-management requires as many s … more →

Tags: John Locke, situationism, libertarianism, Raoul Vaneigem, Generalized Self-Management, Utopianism, Charles Fourier

Those Less Fortunate

Matthew Weston wrote 7 months ago: One of the essays I have recently been asked to write for my politics degree was titled “Shoul … more →

Tags: Problems, Business as Usual, Politics, police, spin, Liberty, survival, John Rawls, Taxation

How childhood experiences shape our view of economics1 comment

Wintery Knight wrote 7 months ago: Last time, we looked at how childhood experiences influence our views of religion. This time, I want … more →

Tags: Commentary, Government, Education, capitalism, Socialism, free market, school choice, Public Schools, Family

The Oracle and the Sphinx

Aristotle The Geek wrote 8 months ago: simply Capitalism writes about the “Oracle of Omaha” – Warren Buffett – and … more →

Tags: Politics, Economics, capitalism, free market, Keynes, Free-Markets, Liberals, Statism, krugman

A Review of Robert Nozick's "Anarchy, State, and Utopia" (1974)1 comment

mgarite wrote 8 months ago: Harvard philosopher Robert Nozick passed away a few years ago, but his most famous book Anarchy, Sta … more →

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De-Klein-ed: A Fictional Encounter in Five Acts3 comments

Neverfox wrote 10 months ago: My post “Vaguely Defined Property Rights Indeed” was, at its core and in its title, a re … more →

Tags: Property, Autogestion, Mutualism, Law, Justice, Anti-Capitalism, Peter Klein, David Ellerman, Michael L. Cook


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