Philosophy and Methodology

The theory of natural rights is often put forward as competition of moral relativism, most recently in an article in this journal by Loren Lomasky.

In this note I will argue that social contract theories aimed at establishing norms for personal and community life are inadequate.

The influence of moral philosophy on the rise of laissez faire is a topic that several scholars have examined.

If law exists only where there are state-backed courts and codes, then every primitive society was lawless.

Murray Rothbard was seriously interested in a remarkably large array of topics, one of them being the effects of rival eschatological views during

Libertarians tend to focus on two important units of analysis: the individual and the state.

Volume 9, Number 1 (Fall 1987)

James Buchanan is interviewed on his recent award of the Nobel Prize in Economics.

Volume 12, Number 2 (Winter/Spring 1991)

Jeffrey M.

Volume 5, Number 2 (Fall 1984)

Murray N.

Volume 11, Number 2 (Summer 1990)

Murray N.