Natural Rights

Re: Natural Rights Reading List?

Bob_Hall — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 01:19:06 GMT

My suggestion is "The Law" by Fredrick Bastiat

Re: Natural Rights Reading List?

ThorsMitersaw — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:16:34 GMT

Geoffrey Allan Plauche's dissertation here: http://www.veritasnoctis.net/docs/plauchedissertation.pdf

and other writings here: http://www.veritasnoctis.net/academic-writings/

Re: Natural Rights Reading List?

Jon Irenicus — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:43:50 GMT

No. NR are the right to life, liberty and property, the latter two being corollaries of the first, and self-ownership being implicit in the right to liberty. Hoppe's proof, if successful, does prove their corollaries/derivatives, but only in the same way that Kantian ethics might do so, which is not in any sense a NR theory. Hoppe acknowledges as much anyway. What might be done is, Hoppe's proof could be incorporated into NR theory as a negative demonstration. If that were to be done it'd indeed be a justification of NR, amongst others.

Re: Natural Rights Reading List?

krazy kaju — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:52:45 GMT

Isn't Hoppe's argumentation ethics a justification of NR?

Re: Natural Rights Reading List?

Jon Irenicus — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:18:45 GMT

Hoppe is not a NR ethicist. I'd recommend Henry Veatch and Douglas Rasmussen and Douglas den Uyl. More classical sources such as Aquinas or Finnis or Annas are also good, but the above writers present their arguments in condensed form and are of a libertarian perspective. Rothbard recommends Veatch as well. Keep in mind Rothbard takes NR as justified in TEOL. His task there is to draw out its implications.

Re: Natural Rights Reading List?

krazy kaju — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:24:24 GMT

I would suggest Rothbard's Ethics of Liberty and Hoppe's A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism.

Natural Rights Reading List?

hayekianxyz — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:37:38 GMT

It seems to me people often ask about what to read to learn about natural rights (myself included) and it seems a bit silly for me to suggest a topic like this seeing as I wouldn't have much to add to.

But I think it would be beneficial to have a list for what to read on natural rights, even if only to direct people to it if they ask elsewhere.