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Non-Aggression Principle

Pratt v Epstein thumb 3 | Graphic by John Osterhoudt

Non-Aggression Principle

What's the Best Argument for Libertarianism?

Dennis Pratt and Gene Epstein debate the efficacy of ethical and consequentialist arguments for libertarianism.

Gene Epstein | 7.7.2024 11:00 AM

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Libertarianism

Soho Forum Debate: Gene Epstein vs. David Friedman on the Nonaggression Principle

Economists Gene Epstein and David Friedman debated how best to persuade people to become libertarians at the Porcupine Freedom Festival.

Gene Epstein | 7.5.2023 11:00 AM

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Libertarianism

Is the Nonaggression Principle Incoherent?

Economists David Friedman and Gene Epstein debate how best to persuade people toward libertarianism.

Gene Epstein | 6.30.2023 5:00 PM

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Student Loans

Student Debt Forgiveness Folly

Plus: The editors field a listener question on abortion.

Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Peter Suderman, and Liz Wolfe | 8.29.2022 4:52 PM

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Politics

Why I Am a Pro-Life Libertarian

Rand Paul gets attacked for being pro-liberty and anti-abortion. But there's nothing inconsistent about his view.

Stephanie Slade | 8.14.2015 10:00 AM

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Civil Liberties

For Libertarians, There Is Only One Fundamental Right

All further "rights" are simply applications of our basic right not to be aggressed against.

Sheldon Richman | 3.29.2015 12:00 AM

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Politics

Human Flourishing Requires Natural Rights and Non-Aggression

Revisiting Rothbard's early works.

Sheldon Richman | 5.18.2014 8:00 AM

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Politics

It's Not Isolationist For America To Mind Its Own Business

Is it really a bad idea to oppose lobbing Tomahawk missiles at people?

Gene Healy | 12.10.2013 12:00 PM

Politics

Property and Force: A Reply to Matt Bruenig

How do we get from the right to one's body to the right to one's (justly acquired) possessions, including land?

Sheldon Richman | 11.24.2013 8:00 AM

Politics

The Government is Not a Super Parent: Author James Payne on Six Political Illusions

Paul Detrick and Zach Weissmueller | 12.8.2012 3:00 PM

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