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Matt Zwolinski
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Philosopher. Co-author of The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism (Princeton, 2023), and Universal Basic Income: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford, 2023). Http://bleedingheartlibertarian.substack.com
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As somebody who takes individual liberty pretty seriously, I find this baffling. It would be very, very difficult to make a case for Trump as the candidate of "limited government." Which, I suppose, is why the petition does not even try to do so - or even to mention him by name! lesserevil.info

Professors' Statement 2024 | Lesser Evil
Professors' Statement 2024 | Lesser Evil

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Kidney donors save lives. Why aren’t they compensated for it? Dylan Matthews at Vox.

The moral case for paying kidney donors
The moral case for paying kidney donors

Paying kidney donors is the right thing to do, and would save lives.

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There are lots of intelligent criticisms to be made of the libertarian conception of freedom. I've made some of them myself. And then there's what Tim Snyder gives us in his new book on freedom...

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Some critics of a free market say that it's an impossible goal because there's no such thing. In the first of two posts on the topic, I respond to the claim that all systems of property are inherently coercive and hence unfree.

There's No Such Thing as a Free Market, Part 1
There's No Such Thing as a Free Market, Part 1

Coercion is Everywhere

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"If it's wrong for an individual, it's wrong for the government too." Some thoughts on this "moral parity thesis," libertarianism, and the social nature of morality, today at the BHL Substack.

Libertarianism and Moral Parity
Libertarianism and Moral Parity

Last week, I was in Stockholm for the launch of the Swedish translation of The Individualists. It was a lovely experience, and I'm deeply grateful to all the wonderful people at Timbro for their hospi...

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Political theorist Jodi Dean has been removed from the classroom at Hobart & William Smith for an extramural essay celebrating the October 7 attacks. Extramural political speech is, categorically, protected by academic freedom and H&WS is absolutely wrong here.

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7. The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, & the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism - Matt Zwolinski & John Tomasi Well executed intellectual history of libertarianism, which is both older and far wider ranging than you thought, encompassing radical social justice and extreme reaction.

Cover of the Individualists. White/cream cover with blue perspective lines converging in the distance, evoking a dawn perhaps.
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Matt Zwolinski
@mattzwolinski.bsky.social
Philosopher. Co-author of The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism (Princeton, 2023), and Universal Basic Income: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford, 2023). Http://bleedingheartlibertarian.substack.com
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