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Walter Block Interviewed about His Book Toward a Libertarian Society

Walter Block Interviewed about His Book Toward a Libertarian Society

Summary by Luis Rivera III:

In this video, Walter Block briefly goes over where rights might come from. He mentions Murray Rothbard’s natural rights theory, the utilitarian argument for rights and Hans Hoppe’s argumentation of ethics. Block, goes over what libertarianism consists of, namely, abiding by the non-aggression principle which he defines.

For more, read Toward a Libertarian Society.

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