Op-Eds and Public Writing
“Freedom is Our Strength. Let’s Extend It by Offering Refuge to Oppressed People.” Orange County Register, March 2022. With Ryan Muldoon.
“Libertarianism and Contractarianism.” The Washington Post (Volokh Conspiracy), September 2017.
An overview and extension of my paper “Social Contractarianism,” written for the Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism. I argue that libertarians should be contractarians and that contractarianism helps resolve two basic tensions in libertarian thought: between anarchy and limited government, and between rights-based and consequentialist justifications of social freedom.
“Is There an Ethical Case for Capitalism?” ABC Religion & Ethics (Australia), 2020. With Dan Halliday. An overview of some of the main claims in The Ethics of Capitalism.
Podcasts and Interviews
Interviews related to The Ethics of Capitalism (co-authored with Dan Halliday):
“Is Capitalism Inimical to Ethics?” Interview with Dan Halliday on The Minefield, ABC News Australia.
Interview on Ideas in Progress podcast, with Dan Halliday and John Thrasher on The Ethics of Capitalism.
Interview on Free Thoughts podcast about The Ethics of Capitalism.
Television
Ethics Matters is a show about social and moral philosophy broadcast on the ABC in Australia, hosted by Dan Halliday. I appear in two episodes.
Episode 3: “Our Society” — on political philosophy. I defend the value of freedom and openness in liberal societies, alongside Elizabeth Anderson.
Episode 10: “Creating Borders” — on the ethics of international borders and migration. I am interviewed along with Christian Barry, Tony Coady, Serene Khader, and Jiewuh Song.