Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State, and Utopia — at 50
Fifty years ago, Robert Nozick opened his most famous work, Anarchy, State, and Utopia (ASU), with the following words: “Individuals have rights, and there are things no person or group may do to them (without violating their rights). So strong and far-reaching are these rights that they raise the...
Poles (and others) amongst The Few…
This message from Hope Not Hate is spot on: immigration can bring positive as well as negative effects. We are fortunate, today, to live in a country whose freedom was protected in the summer of 1940 by the extraordinary heroism and sacrifice of The Few. We should also not...
“So you condone illegal drugs then?” – A Response
Following my posting of “Coloradans Light Up 2014: Sale of marijuana for personal use legalised“, I was challenged: “So you condone illegal drugs then?” My response follows: The question of whether I “condone illegal drugs” presumes a relationship between one or more specific drugs and the law in a...