Equal opportunity in the free society
Sanjeev Sabhlok (This article was published in the May 2009 issue of Freedom First.) Everyone must be equally free. On that everyone is agreed. But the fact that this equality of freedom translates to...
View ArticleEducating our children: A free market in schools
(This article of mine was published in the July 2009 issue of Freedom First.) In the May 2009 issue of Freedom First I suggested that in addition to ensuring defence, internal security and justice,...
View ArticleThe social minimum – a running analysis
This is a place for me to 'park' some of my thoughts on the social minimum. This material will ultimately be incorporated into DOF or otherwise refined/published; or deleted. === Journal of Political...
View ArticleThe dangerous idea of equality
Here are extracts from BFN about the dangerous aspiration for equality. This is a quick cut and paste without footnotes and referencing. The actual text can be readily accessed. But first a short (one...
View ArticleReservations are incompatible with freedom and justice
Equal freedom is the foundational principle of liberalism. It refers to equal political status which includes equality under the law. In addition, associated with this idea is a (lower order) claim to...
View ArticleThe nonsense of ‘social justice’
Social justice does not belong to the category of error but to that of nonsense. … [T]he prevailing belief in ‘social justice’ is at present probably the gravest threat to most … values of a free...
View ArticleInjustice of the “Justice of Yesterday” and Social Justice
To rationalize his ideology of socialism, Nehru used other related arguments as well. He called for ‘not just the justice of today, but the justice of yesterday’.[i] Of course, he wasn’t the only one...
View ArticleJoin the debate on whether there should be reservations
I chanced upon this discussion on the We DEMAND Freedom and Good Governance! Facebook group which is open to the public. Join this group and join in the debate. Current discussion: Vishal Kumar Singh...
View ArticleSwedish “school voucher” system is guaranteed to fail since it is badly designed
A commentator pointed out a recent Slate article showing that the Swedish voucher system is a failure. I had one quick look and dismissed the Swedish model outright. It simply is NOT well designed. If...
View ArticleThe dangerous idea of equality
Here are extracts from BFN about the dangerous aspiration for equality. This is a quick cut and paste without footnotes and referencing. The actual text can be readily accessed. But first a short (one...
View ArticleReservations are incompatible with freedom and justice
Equal freedom is the foundational principle of liberalism. It refers to equal political status which includes equality under the law. In addition, associated with this idea is a (lower order) claim to...
View ArticleThe nonsense of ‘social justice’
Social justice does not belong to the category of error but to that of nonsense. … [T]he prevailing belief in ‘social justice’ is at present probably the gravest threat to most … values of a free...
View ArticleInjustice of the “Justice of Yesterday” and Social Justice
To rationalize his ideology of socialism, Nehru used other related arguments as well. He called for ‘not just the justice of today, but the justice of yesterday’.[i] Of course, he wasn’t the only one...
View ArticleJoin the debate on whether there should be reservations
I chanced upon this discussion on the We DEMAND Freedom and Good Governance! Facebook group which is open to the public. Join this group and join in the debate. Current discussion: Vishal Kumar Singh...
View ArticleSwedish “school voucher” system is guaranteed to fail since it is badly designed
A commentator pointed out a recent Slate article showing that the Swedish voucher system is a failure. I had one quick look and dismissed the Swedish model outright. It simply is NOT well designed. If...
View ArticleThe dangerous idea of equality
Here are extracts from BFN about the dangerous aspiration for equality. This is a quick cut and paste without footnotes and referencing. The actual text can be readily accessed. But first a short (one...
View ArticleReservations are incompatible with freedom and justice
Equal freedom is the foundational principle of liberalism. It refers to equal political status which includes equality under the law. In addition, associated with this idea is a (lower order) claim to...
View ArticleThe nonsense of ‘social justice’
Social justice does not belong to the category of error but to that of nonsense. … [T]he prevailing belief in ‘social justice’ is at present probably the gravest threat to most … values of a free...
View ArticleInjustice of the “Justice of Yesterday” and Social Justice
To rationalize his ideology of socialism, Nehru used other related arguments as well. He called for ‘not just the justice of today, but the justice of yesterday’.[i] Of course, he wasn’t the only one...
View ArticleJoin the debate on whether there should be reservations
I chanced upon this discussion on the We DEMAND Freedom and Good Governance! Facebook group which is open to the public. Join this group and join in the debate. Current discussion: Vishal Kumar Singh...
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