De Cayce Jamil. Original: Recasting the Theory of Natural Law, de 3 de novembro 2020. Traduzido para o português por Gabriel Serpa. [Pierre-Joseph] Proudhon (1809-1865) é geralmente lembrado por afirmar a propriedade é um roubo e eu sou um anarquista. No entanto, por trás dessas duas declarações bastante populares, repousa sua concepção de justiça — que permeia todas…

Por Cayce Jamil. Fuente: Recasting the Theory of Natural Law, 3 de noviembre 2020. Traducido por Diego Avila. Proudhon (1809-1865) es recordado generalmente por comentar: “La propiedad es un robo” y “Soy un anarquista”. Sin embargo, detrás de estas dos conocidas declaraciones se encuentra su concepción de la justicia, que impregna todas sus obras. La justicia es…

In episode no. 10 of Agoric Cafe, Roderick Long chats with philosopher Gary Chartier about Robin Hood, left-wing market anarchism, natural law, free speech and employer power, libertarian secularism, Seventh-day Adventism, religious epistemology, long-arc television, urban fantasy, Lawrence Durrell, Iris Murdoch, Whit Stillman, the evils of giving extra credit and taking attendance, and the attractions…

Proudhon (1809-1865) is generally remembered for remarking, “Property is theft” and “I am an anarchist.” However, behind both of those well-known statements lies his conception of  justice, which pervades all of his works. Justice is the central concept to Proudhon’s framework, yet it is not something for which he appears to be well-known. Partially to…

It speaks volumes that the dirtiest word in the Republican and conservative lexicon is amnesty. At a minimum, it exposes as a flagrant lie the claim that Republicans and conservatives want to expand liberty and limit government power. One cannot consistently praise the principle, central to the supposedly beloved Declaration of Independence, that “all men…

The laws of God, the laws of Man, He may keep who will, and can; Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me. –A.E. Housman Political Myth and Self-Hypnosis A rose by any other name Would never, never smell the same And cunning is the nose that knows An…

Compared to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, his colleague Clarence Thomas is well regarded by at least some devotees of liberty. This is not totally unjustified. Thomas has demonstrated a familiarity with the philosophy and history of natural law and natural rights, which he (at times) sees rooted in individual persons. For this reason, in…