Why Rothbard Stayed Away from Berlin
The nonaggression principle and negative freedom are not the same thing. Isaiah Berlin's work shows the key difference between them.
The nonaggression principle and negative freedom are not the same thing. Isaiah Berlin's work shows the key difference between them.
Acton not only condemns absolute monarchy but unlimited majority rule as well. If anything, majority rule is worse, because it is much harder to resist.
Can natural resources be appropriated but still subject to a rental tax?
Some oppose the free market because it allows them to make immoral choices. How can promarket people respond to this critique without relying on their value system?
A philosopher has recently argued for the abolition of the Second Amendment, but he seemingly does this using the premises of the nonaggression principle.
A "good" education consists of learning how to spot "trick questions" that lead us astray from clear thinking. We often see that every "free lunch" offered by politicians involves at least one trick question.
Will guilt or innocence in criminal trials increasingly hinge on broader desirable social justice outcomes?
It is, ironically, antiscience to ever declare that science is settled. Since man is not omniscient, the future will forever remain unknown, and more data can always falsify current scientific laws.
It is, ironically, antiscience to ever declare that science is settled. Since man is not omniscient, the future will forever remain unknown, and more data can always falsify current scientific laws.
The covid regime has extended and deepened the epistemic crisis inaugurated by postmodernism and practical postmodernism. Science has devolved into a series of non sequiturs backed by force. Science has become postmodern.