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There is no Second Law 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
The other night I was watching Burn Notice, my favorite spy show. Our long suffering protagonist Michael Westen had just found out that after he spent 7 long seasons trying to clear his name so he cou...
Michael Huemer Responds to Critics, Part 1 26 Aug 2013 | 09:38 pm
Many thanks to Kevin Vallier (here), Chris Morris (here and here), Bas van der Vossen (here and here), and Massimo Renzo (here) for their very thoughtful and interesting posts. I have some replies to ...
We’re Back Here Again? Why Ron Paul’s Friends Matter 26 Aug 2013 | 07:04 pm
A little over 18 months ago, I made something of a splash, not to mention pissing lots of people off and generating lots of traffic here at BHL, by writing about the history of the Ron Paul newsletter...
Philosophy Departments Have Bad Business Ethics, Redux 24 Aug 2013 | 07:53 pm
A follow-up on this previous post. Marcus Arvan at University of Tampa has an interesting post here about “selling the discipline” of philosophy to get more majors. Among his major selling points are...
On Legitimacy 24 Aug 2013 | 07:34 am
I’ve been meaning to post on state legitimacy for a while now. Our symposium on Michael Huemer’s fine book seems like as good a reason to do this as any. So here goes. Many philosophers who talk abou...
Michael Huemer’s Defense of Anarchy 21 Aug 2013 | 07:43 pm
I said I’d hoped to have some thoughts about Part II of The Problem of Political Authority and I do have some reactions. I have a soft spot for anarchism, and I suppose I was an anarchist for some tim...
Natural Duties and Political Authority 19 Aug 2013 | 10:36 pm
With his volume The Problem of Political Authority Michael Huemer has made an important contribution to the debate on political obligation and political authority. The first part of the volume is devo...
On the Method of Huemer’s The Problem of Political Authority 16 Aug 2013 | 08:55 pm
There’s a lot to like about Michael Huemer’s The Problem of Political Authority. It repeats certain standard objections to the legitimacy of states. These are worth repeating since the defenders of st...
Compare and contrast 14 Aug 2013 | 09:37 pm
Sarah Stillman in the New Yorker on civil asset forfeiture. The officers found the couple’s cash and a marbled-glass pipe that Boatright said was a gift for her sister-in-law, and escorted them acros...
Michael Huemer on the State’s Political Authority 14 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Michael Huemer’s new book, The Problem of Political Authority, defends two big theses. The first is that states lack political authority, and the second is that anarchy is preferable to the state. The...
