Crook discusses Lysander Spooner's work on Natural Law theory as it relates to the non-agression principal and libertarianism.No Treason tarafından oluşturuldu

Crook discusses Lysander Spooner, and his contributions to the abolitionist, secessionist, and anarchist movements.No Treason tarafından oluşturuldu

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Narrated by Matt Pritchard.

Narrated by Matt Pritchard.

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Narrated by Matt Pritchard.

Narrated by Matt Pritchard.

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Narrated by Matt Pritchard.

Narrated by Matt Pritchard.

Narrated by Matt Pritchard.

Narrated by Matt Pritchard.

Narrated by Matt Pritchard.

Narrated by Matt Pritchard.

Narrated by Matt Pritchard.

Robert Nozick, 1938-2002, was a professor at Harvard whose best known book is Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974) – a libertarian answer to Rawls’ A Theory of Justice (1971). Most controversially, Nozick argued that a consistent upholding of the non-aggression principle would allow and regard as valid consensual or non-coercive enslavement contracts …

John Rawls, 1921-2002, was the most influential figure among American philosophers. His first, and main, work, A Theory of Justice (1971), made him famous. It aimed to resolve the seemingly competing claims of freedom and equality. Two additional books, Political Liberalism and The Law of Peoples, rounded out his liberal political philosophy. His v…

John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873, was the most famous classical liberal, a British philosopher and a political economist whose concept of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. His hierarchy of pleasures in Utilitarianism was a notable idea. He felt that individual accomplishment through self-improvemen…

Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804, was called the most evil person by Ayn Rand. Kant had rules for everything. His views on religion were unorthodox. His classical republican theory was extended in the Science of Right, the first part of the Metaphysics of Morals (1797). He was very influenced by Rousseau. He felt he was modifying Plato when he sought what …

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778, influenced the French Revolution with his political philosophy and his social contract theory. The perspective of many of today’s environmentalists can be traced back to Rousseau, espousing that all degenerates in man’s hands. The Social Contract (1972), his most important work, outlines the basis for a legitimate …

John Locke, 1632-1704, was the Father of Classical Liberalism. Human beings in their rationality are in God’s image. His law of nature was ethical and universal. Human preservation was tantamount. Each person has a property in himself. Property precedes government. Locke thought the mind was a blank slate, contrary to Cartesian philosophy based on …

Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679, best known work is Leviathan (1651) which established social contract theory. His liberal thinking included: The right of the individual; the natural equality of all men; the artificial character of the political order; the view that all legitimate political power must be representative; and a liberal interpretation of law…

Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274, was an Italian Dominican friar and Catholic priest and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism. Thomas attempted to synthesize Aristotelian philosophy with the principles of Christianity. Aquinas was a prodigious writer. His best known work is Summa Theologica. His treatise on…

Aristotle, 384-322 BC, joined Plato’s Academy in Athens at eighteen and remained there until the age of thirty-seven. He was not a citizen of Athens. His writings constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy. He tutored Alexander the Great. That experience provided him with an abundance of supplies to work with. He established a …

Intellectual historians want to look at the past to find questions of value. Greeks are considered the start of political philosophy. Plato, 428-348 BCE, is the most famous. Plato’s teacher, Socrates, was killed by Athenian democracy. Plato did not like democracy. Among these questions of value were: What is justice? What promotes the greatest happ…