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As some of you know by now, I have taken time away from my libertarian-minded commentary to focus on my Jewish theology blog. Nevertheless, when I encounter an influential public figure such as Josh Hammer writing something that impugns the absolute (apart from unrealistic philosophical thought experiments) value I assign to free expression, the temptation to reply becomes too powerful to resist. As I (following Nozick) argue in chapter three of my Libertarian Philosophy in the Real World, the paramount value of human life rests on our “rational agency;” that is, the Kantian notion of persons as responsible moral agents. Continue Reading »