Philosophy and Methodology

The person of intelligence tends to “see things as they are,” never permits his view of them to be directed by convention, by the hope

Preferences are ordinal, and our analysis has to reflect that simple, unavoidable fact.

Every time we object to a thing being done by government, they conclude that we object to its being done at all, writes Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850

Human life is dependent not only on the knowledge of right principles; it relies, also, on actions in accord with right principles.

The abolitionist would blister his thumb pushing a button that would abolish the state immediately, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

Combining Misesian praxeology with Rothbardian insights, Hoppe has developed a magnificent, integrated edifice of rational thought.

A man would die of hunger who, having decided that money is real wealth, should carry out the idea to the end, writes Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850).

When you speak, you act; and action implies taking control of one's own body with the underlying idea of private property.

Most people tend to gravitate toward liberty — they just have not heard it properly defined.

This course will consider some of the leading arguments advanced against libertarianism. Do these criticisms have any validity?