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T. M. Scanlon

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

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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

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The appropriateness of blame depends on a person’s attitudes toward others.
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I am grateful to Brad DeLong and Will Wilkinson for their thoughtful responses. I agree with almost everything Brad DeLong says, and would add only one comment, with which I hope he...
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We hear a great deal these days about the difference between “equality of opportunity” and “equality of outcome.” The former, it is suggested, is an uncontroversial goal. The latter is now commonly...
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