“The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.” In 1974, ...

A collection of nine original essays by top philosophers introducing the major moral theories and how they support a libertarian political system. With personal stories, historical anecdotes, ...

Portraits of Liberty investigates the lives and philosophies of thinkers throughout history who argued in favor of a freer world.

In the United States, Mussolini’s March on Rome (1922) inspired self- reflection and visions for the near future. In late October, 1922, Benito Mussolini followed a column of 30,000 “Black Shirts” ...

Anti- federalist Robert Yates (under the pseudonym Brutus) argues against the constitution, foreseeing many of the expansions of federal power. The first question that presents itself on the subject ...

A discussion with Don Boudreaux about the legacy of F.A. Hayek. Jonathan Fortier is the director of Lib er tar i an ism .org. Over the past 25 years he has worked to promote the principles of a free ...

A small collection of works about F. A. Hayek to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his winning the Nobel Prize. In the fifty years since F. A. Hayek was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in ...

Tucker addresses the Unitarian Ministers’ Institute in 1890. At the end of the nineteenth century, the publisher and polemicist Benjamin R. Tucker became one of the leading exponents of libertarianism ...

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 ...

Puzzling through the theories, history, and practice of liberty.

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 ...

David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in the ...