Abstract Dominiak (2022) takes the position that, according to libertarian philosophy, there should be no such thing as unjust enrichment. If is, beneficiary legally obligated jettison his gains in favor of benefactor. The present paper issue with that stance; it maintains while is indeed, course, enrichment, and many cases must indeed give up benefits, are also counter examples which this not ...

This essay introduces the theme issue about libertarianism in Nordics since 1980s. It sets out key ambition of our issue, namely to de-Americanize and transnationalize study by approaching as a movement an ideology that has been introduced, translated adapted into very different regional national contexts across world. In so doing, argues historical conditions for were set heritage welfare stat...

The free will problem is defined and three solutions are discussed: no-freedom theory, libertarianism, and compatibilism. Strict determinism is often assumed in arguing for libertarianism or no-freedom theory. It assumes that the history of the universe is fixed, but modern physics admits a certain degree of randomness in the determination of events. However, this is not enough for a compatibil...

Mark Pennington argues political systems should be decentralized in order to facilitate experimental learning about distributive justice. Pointing out the problems with Pennington‘s Hayekian formulation, I reframe his argument as an extension of the Millian idea of ―experiments in living.‖ However, the experimental case for decentralization is limited in several ways. Even if decentralization i...

New life sciences innovation offers the possibility of new conceptions of human nature with significant impact on liberal theories of justice. So far, nature as such has been thought to be something given and beyond human control. Thus, to define something as natural has meant the same thing as to relegate it to the realm of fortune or misfortune, rather than justice or injustice. However, the ...

The acceleration of technological innovation in Western liberal societies has in recent years offered the prospect of applications with crucial impact on social and economic life. For instance, in the area of new life sciences, the successful decoding of human genome and subsequent advances of genomics-based technologies (including biotechnology) have enabled the development of cheaper and safe...