To commemorate the 50th anniversary of F. A. Hayek’s Nobel Prize in Economics (1974), this week Lib er tar i an ism .org will republish Hayek’s Nobel Address and Lecture (delivered December 10 and 11, 1974).

2019年7月29日 · Liberty made great progress over hundreds of years, but the first half of the 20th century saw it in retreat. It was a time of savage war, oppression, genocide, protectionism, socialism, fascism—a time when humanity experienced the awful power of …

Libertarianism is rooted, historically and philosophically, in the liberalism of the Enlightenment.But although it belongs to an intellectual tradition dating back centuries, libertarianism embraces a vision of political liberty which is, even today, revolutionary.

2011年11月3日 · Libertarianism—its theory, its practice—is an awfully big topic. This reading list gives you a place to start. A combination of newcomers and established classics, these books offer accessible introductions to variety of libertarian thought, …

Paul Meany started working as the intellectual history editor at Lib er tar i an ism .org in 2019. His work focuses on liberty before liberalism, uncovering how ancient and medieval ideas influenced our modern conceptions of rights, liberty, and autonomy.

1997年1月15日 · Both the two main lines of Western thought, the Greek and the Judeo- Christian, contributed to the development of freedom. According to the Old Testament, the people of Israel lived without a king or any other coercive authority, governing themselves not by force but by their mutual adherence to their covenant with God.

Grant Babcock is the philosophy and policy editor of Lib er tar i an ism .org and a scholar of political philosophy. He is especially interested in nonviolent action, epistemology of the social sciences, social contract theories and criticisms thereof, and finding libertarian- compatible responses to cultural problems.

1998年2月4日 · The Libertarian Reader provides a good overview of libertarian thought, but no one collection can do justice to the richness of libertarianism or to the range of problems to which one can apply libertarian insights in illuminating or practical ways. The reader includes a number of the canonical works of the libertarian traditions, either excerpted or in their entirety.

2007年3月1日 · The libertarian vision is in the Declaration of Independence: we are all created equal; no one ought to have any special rights and privileges in his social relations with other people.

2011年11月3日 · “A History of Libertarianism” by David Boaz This essay, reprinted from Libertarianism: A Primer, covers the sweep of libertarian and pre- libertarian history, from Lao Tzu in the sixth century B.C. to the latest developments of the 21st century.Because it’s available for free on Lib er tar i an ism .org, the essay also includes numerous links to more information about major thinkers and ...