The Negative Homesteading Theory: Rejoinder to Walter Block on Human Body Shields
According to the negative homesteading theory, one can come to own misery—a state of being, or about to be, attacked—which one cannot legitimately
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The Human Body Shield
A grabs B to use as a shield; A forces B to stand in front of him, and compels him to walk wherever A wishes.
Book Review: Chris Sciabarra, Total Freedom Toward a Dialectical Libertarianism
In this article, Joseph R. Stromberg reviews Chris Sciabarra’s Total Freedom: Toward a Dialectical Libertarianism.
Do Pessimistic Assumptions about Human Behavior Justify Government?
Is government a necessary institution?
Book Review of Benjamin Constant: Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments
In this article, Gary Galles reviews Benjamin Constant’s Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments.
Carson’s Rejoinders
In this article, Kevin A. Carson responds to the numerous reviews of his book Studies in Mutualist Political Economy.
Raymond Aron and the Intellectuals: Arguments Supportive of Libertarianism
“Intellectuals . . . seek neither to understand the world nor to change it, but to denounce it,” so wrote Raymond Aron (1983, p.
If Men Were Angels: The Basic Analytics of the State versus Self-Government
Perhaps everyone will agree that if we were all angels, no state would be necessary, and if angels were the governors, they would require neither i
Reply to Block on Libertarianism is Unique
A common argument for libertarianism of the sort associated with writers like Nozick and Rothbard is that it follows more or less directly from the
Reply to Hellmer on Sweatshops
Muetze Hellmer is a former student of mine at Loyola University New Orleans.
