Journal of Libertarian Studies

Murray Rothbard, in a paper entitled “The Ethics of Liberty,” argued that the standard for moral goodness is set by man’s nature.

This essay presents a conceptual and moral rather than an economic analysis of “baby-selling.” Its purpose is to address certain fundam

Traffic congestion reaches into all aspects of living: working, shopping, recreation.

This paper traces Spencer’s theory of causation through various disciplines, with special emphasis on Spencer’s “scientific&#8221

The doctrine of natural liberty is ultimately grounded on two premises which are necessary to the understanding of why governments are “crimi

The “free rider problem,” arising from the fact that an individual may be able to obtain the benefits of a good without contributing to

The dislocation of established patterns of thought and behavior, under pressure of the kaleidoscopic changes that for convenience we often ascribe

In his recent work, Tyranny and Legitimacy, James Fishkin advances an argument against Roben Nozick’s theory of, what Fishkin calls, “a

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