All Posts Tagged With: "Allen Weingarten"
Capital Letters
What Do We Do About the Subsidy of History? I concurred on one point with “The Subsidy of History” by Kevin Carson (June 2008). It is not sound to view the historical development of capitalism as though it evolved strictly by fairness, without including the vices of mankind. Surely history is better stated by Burton [...]
1Nov2008 | FEE Admin | 1 comment | ContinuedCapital Letters
Is the State Needed for Defensive Force? To the Editor: Donald Boudreaux, in “The ‘A’ Word” (July 2001), says “it’s possible that even the best feasible stateless society will be worse than a society with a well-structured government constitutionally limited to protecting its citizens from violence and theft. But let the case be made.” I [...]
1Nov2001 | FEE Admin | 0 comments | ContinuedCapital Letters
Two Libertarianisms To the Editor: Jim Peron, in “Are There Two Libertarianisms?” (June 2001), sees moralism and consequentialism as two sides of a coin. He writes, “A free society is not only right but it works.” Surely there is mutual support between them. Nonetheless, there is a fundamental divide as to primacy. Moralism aims at [...]
1Oct2001 | FEE Admin | 0 comments | ContinuedDoes Survival Trump Morality?
To the Editor: I welcomed the article “Philosophy 1 On 1” (The Freeman, March 1999), because James Otteson makes the moral case for a free society. Usually, libertarians focus upon utilitarian issues, seemingly unaware that we often lose on this basis because our adversaries have taken the moral high ground. Moreover, frequently the very cause [...]
1Jun1999 | FEE Admin | 0 comments | Continued-
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