Libertarianism

Human rights is a term tossed around casually in our politicized age. Must there be a moral base to such rights, and how do we determine that morality?

No one will read For a New Liberty and not see the world with very different eyes afterward.

When human does life begin? Murray Rothbard maintains that the turning point is birth. Here, Block takes the pro-life view that it starts at the fertilized egg stage.

How do we discuss and even measure popular culture literary narratives from a libertarian perspective? Hanff integrates aesthetics and narratology into the study of cultural praxeology.

Thomas Paine, whose fiery essay "Common Sense" made a case for the American Revolution, is a much-neglected American founder.

While Robert Nozick's theory of justice is out of favor with the academic world, his radical libertarian views--particularly his Wilt Chamberlain example--deserve another look.

When communism fell with the USSR, Murray Rothbard realized that the greater threat to liberty was social democracy. Events of the past few years have proven him correct.

Although the Left controls most of government and has corrupted most of our institutions, there are ways to fight back.

While Andrew Koppelman has made a good faith effort to understand and portray libertarianism, he makes some serious errors regarding Rothbardian thought. David Gordon helps to set him straight.

Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7th, 2022.