The ethics of liberty

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1. porsagerMay 2023
   Others have done that very nicely for me, so if you really are genuinely curious I would suggest you read the following two books. Now you can start off with "Ethics of Liberty"[1] if you would like to begin with the Ethical Parts of the reasoning, but if you're more into how / why it would work (which it seems you are), I would suggest starting out with "For a New Liberty"[2]. Now these books are straight to the core, no sugar coating, so I hope you'll read them with an open mind.

   Now since you're on this site you'll probably also find the related book "Against Intellectual Property" interesting.

   If I'm going to spend the time telling my visions, I'd prefer a better platform since this thread is getting quite long. You can find a way to contact me in my profile.

   [1] https://cdn.mises.org/The%20Ethics%20of%20Liberty%2020191108...

   [2] https://cdn.mises.org/For%20a%20New%20Liberty%20The%20Libert...

   [3] https://cdn.mises.org/Against%20Intellectual%20Property_2.pd...

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2. tzsJun 2022
   There's a book by Rothbard, I think it is his "The Ethics of Liberty", where he describes a set of libertarian principles and then how he thinks a society could be made based on those principles. What makes it interesting is that he tries very hard to not have to compromise those libertarian principles, following them even if they go to some places he agrees are pretty dark and trying to explain what would prevent that from happening.

   He covers the issue of parents having to care for children and concludes that they would not be legally required to do so. Go ahead and go to Vegas for a weekend and if the baby can't figure out how to survive on its own that's not legally your problem.

   His argument for why this would not lead to the large number of baby deaths by neglect that probably most people reading this are sure it would is that adoption would not be regulated in his ideal libertarian state. There would be a totally free market in babies. You could make a lot more than you'd ever win in Vegas in a weekend by first putting your unwanted baby up for sale.

   I don't find his arguments very convincing, but it is interesting if you treat it more as an intellectual puzzle than how you would actually set up a society.

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3. moralsupplyOct 2020
   I'm not sure why would you mention Ayn Rand in this context. Since you proposed some studying, here are a few books on the subject that I'd suggest to you:

   Lysander Spooner, No Treason The Constitution of No Authority https://oll-resources.s3.amazonaws.com/titles/2194/Spooner_1...

   Frédéric Bastiat, The Law https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44800

   Murray N. Rothbard, The Ethics of Liberty https://mises.org/library/ethics-liberty

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4. sebastianconcptSep 2019
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   * The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

   * Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault by Stephen R. C. Hicks

   * The Ethics of Liberty by Murray N. Rothbard e Hans-Hermann Hoppe

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5. RandomNickFeb 2019
   The Ethics of Liberty by Murray Rothbard
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6. porsagerFeb 2019
   For a New Liberty[1], and Ethics of Liberty[2] by Murray Rothbard

   [1] https://mises-media.s3.amazonaws.com/For%20a%20New%20Liberty... [2] https://mises-media.s3.amazonaws.com/The%20Ethics%20of%20Lib...

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