Showing posts with label natural rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label natural rights. Show all posts
Friday, August 11, 2023

TGIF: Why Liberty Matters

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Why does liberty matter? It’s a fair question because, after all, not everyone thinks it matters very much, perhaps beyond some very basic p...
Friday, May 19, 2023

TGIF: No One Has a Right to Make Immigration Policy

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says "no one has a right to immigrate" to the United States. "We determine as Americans," he ...
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Friday, January 06, 2023

TGIF: The Mythical Right to Medical Care

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This clever video juxtaposes footage of Bernie Sanders and the late Milton Friedman to create a debate over whether the central government ...
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Friday, July 15, 2022

TGIF: Social Order through Liberty

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Human beings are self-actualizing social animals. We need to cooperate with others to flourish fully and (but?) we also need the freedom to ...
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Friday, July 01, 2022

TGIF: Abortion Rights v. Abortion Permissions

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Even if you cringe at last week's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, it would be wrong to say that the five Supreme Court j...
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Friday, February 04, 2022

TGIF: Disagreement without Conflict

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Chandran Kukathas I'll admit it: I'm a natural-rights guy. I think you can get to individual rights, including the right to property...
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Sunday, September 06, 2020

Complying with Mandates

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It's utterly conceivable that the government might mandate that we do (or not do) what we already ought (or ought not) to do, seeing as ...
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Friday, August 17, 2018

TGIF: For the Love of Reason

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Far be it from me to divide humankind in two, but were I so inclined, I’d divide it into those who love reason and those who are indiff...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

The Logical Flaw in Immigration Law

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Apart from the obvious rights violation, I see a serious flaw at the very root of immigration law. Let's begin with an indisputable poin...
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Friday, July 29, 2016

Simple Lesson

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Doing good with others people's money taken at gunpoint is no virtue.
Friday, March 27, 2015

TGIF: How Many Rights?

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So, libertarians, how many rights do people have? One (say, the right to life, albeit with countless applications)? Three (life, liberty, a...
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Friday, November 21, 2014

TGIF: Unjust Immigration Law Is Not Law

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I know better than to think that Obama’s executive order is the start of something big. But that is no reason not to rejoice. Because of hi...
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Friday, April 18, 2014

TGIF: What Social Animals Owe to Each Other

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If I were compelled to summarize the libertarian philosophy’s distinguishing feature while standing on one foot, I’d say the following: Eve...
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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Op-ed: What the Immigration Bill Overlooks

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My latest op-ed points out that the Senate's "comprehensive" immigration "reform" bill missed a few things.
Thursday, May 20, 2010

Crimes Governments Commit

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From the BBC : A judge in Malawi has sentenced a gay couple to 14 years in prison with hard labour after they were convicted of gross inde...