T. M. Scanlon

T. M. Scanlon is Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity, Emeritus at Harvard University and author of Moral Dimensions and What We Owe to Each Other.

Responsibility within Frameworks

The appropriateness of blame depends on a person’s attitudes toward others.

  • T. M. Scanlon

Liberty and Efficiency

Final reply: An argument based on efficiency is different from one based on liberty.

  • T. M. Scanlon

Libertarianism and Liberty

It’s not clear how libertarians argue from their starting point of liberty to their policy conclusion of limited government and lower taxes.

  • T. M. Scanlon
with responses from
  • J. Bradford DeLong
  • Will Wilkinson

Holding Ourselves Responsible

  • T. M. Scanlon
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