April 27, 2013
NAP Roundup
UPDATED and moved to the top (4/23), again on (4/27) Last Monday, I published an essay on Libertarianism.org laying out a brief case against the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP). It kicked…
Posts filed under Murray Rothbard
April 10, 2013
More on Non-Aggression
My essay on the non-aggression principle has generated a fair bit of discussion on the interwebs. Some of that discussion suggests to me that the title of the piece threw…
April 08, 2013
Against Non-Aggression
Last week, I argued at Libertarianism.org that the Non-Aggression Principle has unacceptable implications for the issue of pollution. This week, I adduce five more reasons why libertarians should reject the…
April 01, 2013
Libertarianism and Pollution
Over at Libertarianism.org, my latest post discusses the implications of Rothbardian-style libertarianism for the issue of pollution. Short version: if libertarianism means adhering to an absolutist version of the Non-Aggression…
January 17, 2013
Blogging at Libertarianism.Org, Part 2: Libertarianism and Liberty
My latest post at Libertarianism.org takes on the idea that libertarianism should be understood as a doctrine committed to the maximization of freedom. There are several serious problems with this…
October 04, 2012
Reading The Ethics of Liberty, Part 4 – Rothbard’s Second Argument for Self-Ownership
In my last post, I argued that Rothbard’s discussion of self-ownership in chapter six of The Ethics of Liberty rests on a fundamental confusion between descriptive and normative claims. Individuals in the…