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Bleeding Heart Libertarians is a blog about free markets and social justice. All of us who blog at this site are, broadly speaking, libertarians. In particular, we are libertarians who believe that addressing the needs of the economically vulnerable by remedying injustice, engaging in benevolence, fostering mutual aid, and encouraging the flourishing of free markets is both practically and morally important.
The libertarian tradition is home to multiple figures and texts modeling commitment both to individual liberty and to consistent concern for the marginalized, both here and abroad. We seek here to revive, energize, and extend that tradition—to demonstrate that contemporary libertarians can, in addition to their traditional vindication of individual liberty, offer effective, powerful, and innovative responses to the problems of economic vulnerability and injustice and to their social, political, and cultural consequences.
You can contact us at bhlblog@gmail.com.
New readers are especially encouraged to look at some of the following posts for a better introduction to some of our core ideas:
Bleeding Heart Libertarianism (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/03/bleeding-heart-libertarianism/) - Matt Zwolinski
Neoclassical Liberalism: How I’m Not a Libertarian (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/03/neoclassical-liberalism-how-im-not-a-libertarian/) - Jason Brennan
The Department of the Difference Principle (Or: Confused Reasons to Reject Social Justice) (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/03/the-department-of-the-difference-principle/) – Jason Brennan
A Difference Between Philosophy and Politics (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/03/a-difference-between-philosophy-and-politics/) – Jacob Levy
Whence I Advene (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/03/whence-i-advene/) – Roderick Long
Embracing Markets, Opposing “Capitalism” (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/03/embracing-markets-opposing-capitalism/) – Gary Chartier
What is Bleeding Heart Libertarianism? Part One: Three Types of BHL (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/12/what-is-bleeding-heart-libertarianism-part-one-three-types-of-bhl/) – Matt Zwolinski
Why I Am a Bleeding Heart Libertarian (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/12/why-i-am-a-bleeding-heart-libertarian/) – Fernando Teson
A Different Distinction (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/12/a-different-distinction/) – Jacob Levy
What is Bleeding Heart Libertarianism? Part Two: Strong BHL (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/12/what-is-bleeding-heart-libertarianism-part-two-strong-bhl/) – Matt Zwolinski
Why I am a Bleeding Heart Ideal Libertarian (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/12/why-i-am-a-bleeding-heart-ideal-libertarian/) – Andrew Cohen
Social Justice vs. Self-Ownership: The Case of Libertarians Great and Small (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/02/social-justice-vs-self-ownership-the-case-of-libertarians-great-and-small/) – Kevin Vallier
Neo-Rawlsian Libertarianism: Two Principles of Justice for Bleeding Hearts (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/04/neo-rawlsian-libertarianism-two-principles-of-justice-for-bleeding-hearts/) – Kevin Vallier
Zeroing in on “Social Justice” (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/04/zeroing-in-on-social-justice/) – Jason Brennan
Against Social Justice (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/04/against-social-justice/)- Jacob Levy
Social Justice as Emergent Property (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2013/05/social-injustice-as-emergent-property/) – Kevin Vallier
What is Bleeding Heart Libertarianism? Part One: Three Types of BHL By Matt Zwolinski (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/author/matt-zwolinski/) On December 16, 2011 · 25 Comments (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/12/what-is-bleeding-heart-libertarianism-part-one-three-types-of-bhl/#comments) · In Left-libertarianism (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/category/left-libertarianism/), Libertarianism (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/category/libertarianism/), Social Justice (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/category/social-justice/)
A lot of readers come to this blog expecting, perhaps not unreasonably, to find a group of authors presenting a coherent, well worked out theory of “bleeding heart libertarianism” (BHL) – what it is, how it differs from other forms of libertarianism, what its moral foundations and policy implications are, etc. Those readers are, unfortunately, often disappointed. First, there are real, substantive disagreements between all of the authors on this blog, such that none of us have exactly the same thing in mind when we talk about what BHL is. And second, speaking for myself anyway, BHL is more of a research programme than a worked-out body of doctrine. I started this blog with some vague ideas about the best way to understand and defend libertarianism that I thought were worth sharing with some friends and colleagues. Since then, I’ve tried to refine and develop those ideas a bit, and the conversations we’ve had here have been tremendously helpful in that respect. But I still have a long way to go.
http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/
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Bleeding Heart Libertarians is a blog about free markets and social justice. All of us who blog at this site are, broadly speaking, libertarians. In particular, we are libertarians who believe that addressing the needs of the economically vulnerable by remedying injustice, engaging in benevolence, fostering mutual aid, and encouraging the flourishing of free markets is both practically and morally important.
The libertarian tradition is home to multiple figures and texts modeling commitment both to individual liberty and to consistent concern for the marginalized, both here and abroad. We seek here to revive, energize, and extend that tradition—to demonstrate that contemporary libertarians can, in addition to their traditional vindication of individual liberty, offer effective, powerful, and innovative responses to the problems of economic vulnerability and injustice and to their social, political, and cultural consequences.
You can contact us at bhlblog@gmail.com.
New readers are especially encouraged to look at some of the following posts for a better introduction to some of our core ideas:
Bleeding Heart Libertarianism (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/03/bleeding-heart-libertarianism/) - Matt Zwolinski
Neoclassical Liberalism: How I’m Not a Libertarian (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/03/neoclassical-liberalism-how-im-not-a-libertarian/) - Jason Brennan
The Department of the Difference Principle (Or: Confused Reasons to Reject Social Justice) (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/03/the-department-of-the-difference-principle/) – Jason Brennan
A Difference Between Philosophy and Politics (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/03/a-difference-between-philosophy-and-politics/) – Jacob Levy
Whence I Advene (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/03/whence-i-advene/) – Roderick Long
Embracing Markets, Opposing “Capitalism” (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/03/embracing-markets-opposing-capitalism/) – Gary Chartier
What is Bleeding Heart Libertarianism? Part One: Three Types of BHL (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/12/what-is-bleeding-heart-libertarianism-part-one-three-types-of-bhl/) – Matt Zwolinski
Why I Am a Bleeding Heart Libertarian (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/12/why-i-am-a-bleeding-heart-libertarian/) – Fernando Teson
A Different Distinction (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/12/a-different-distinction/) – Jacob Levy
What is Bleeding Heart Libertarianism? Part Two: Strong BHL (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/12/what-is-bleeding-heart-libertarianism-part-two-strong-bhl/) – Matt Zwolinski
Why I am a Bleeding Heart Ideal Libertarian (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/12/why-i-am-a-bleeding-heart-ideal-libertarian/) – Andrew Cohen
Social Justice vs. Self-Ownership: The Case of Libertarians Great and Small (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/02/social-justice-vs-self-ownership-the-case-of-libertarians-great-and-small/) – Kevin Vallier
Neo-Rawlsian Libertarianism: Two Principles of Justice for Bleeding Hearts (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/04/neo-rawlsian-libertarianism-two-principles-of-justice-for-bleeding-hearts/) – Kevin Vallier
Zeroing in on “Social Justice” (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/04/zeroing-in-on-social-justice/) – Jason Brennan
Against Social Justice (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2012/04/against-social-justice/)- Jacob Levy
Social Justice as Emergent Property (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2013/05/social-injustice-as-emergent-property/) – Kevin Vallier
What is Bleeding Heart Libertarianism? Part One: Three Types of BHL By Matt Zwolinski (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/author/matt-zwolinski/) On December 16, 2011 · 25 Comments (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2011/12/what-is-bleeding-heart-libertarianism-part-one-three-types-of-bhl/#comments) · In Left-libertarianism (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/category/left-libertarianism/), Libertarianism (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/category/libertarianism/), Social Justice (http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/category/social-justice/)
A lot of readers come to this blog expecting, perhaps not unreasonably, to find a group of authors presenting a coherent, well worked out theory of “bleeding heart libertarianism” (BHL) – what it is, how it differs from other forms of libertarianism, what its moral foundations and policy implications are, etc. Those readers are, unfortunately, often disappointed. First, there are real, substantive disagreements between all of the authors on this blog, such that none of us have exactly the same thing in mind when we talk about what BHL is. And second, speaking for myself anyway, BHL is more of a research programme than a worked-out body of doctrine. I started this blog with some vague ideas about the best way to understand and defend libertarianism that I thought were worth sharing with some friends and colleagues. Since then, I’ve tried to refine and develop those ideas a bit, and the conversations we’ve had here have been tremendously helpful in that respect. But I still have a long way to go.