Philosophy

The Australian philosopher David Stove, while not exactly a Rothbardian, still preferred the free market. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon introduces readers to Stove’s many interesting viewpoints.

In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon discusses Jeff McMahan’s thoughts on fighting in both just and unjust wars. “Just following orders” is still immoral when one is promoting a war unjustly carried out.

Joseph Solis-Mullen joins Ryan McMaken to talk about the real history of the libertarian movement, and its origins. 

Those who invoke Jesus for socialism face a tension: if the power to end suffering creates a moral obligation, then the Jesus who healed many but not all appears, by that standard, either unwilling or unable.

In today’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon examines Robert Nozick’s answer to the question asked in the title of this article.

Those who invoke Jesus for socialism face a tension: if the power to end suffering creates a moral obligation, then the Jesus who healed many but not all appears, by that standard, either unwilling or unable.

The original western values such as juridical equality, political freedom, natural rights, and religious tolerance are being co-opted into a system of “positive” rights that are socially and morally destructive.

Do we have free will? Do only a few of us have free will? Does anyone have free will? Thomas Pink tries to answer those questions, and Dr. David Gordon examines his explanations in this week’s Friday Philosophy.

Modern historians are all about protecting their politically-correct narratives at all costs, and especially the cost of historical truths.

While Aristotle did not have advanced knowledge of economics, his causal-based view of reality set the stage for the development of the Austrian School.