Philosophy Archives - The Libertarian Republic

Cicero: Enemy of the State, Friend of Liberty 0
- Free Style, Front Page, Philosophy
- December 7, 2019
Question: If you could go back in time and spend one hour in conversation with 10 people—each one separately and privately—whom would you choose? My list isn’t exactly the same from one day to the next, but at least a couple of the same names are always on it, without fail. One of them is
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Count Me Among the Fans of Downton Abbey 0
- Free Style, Front Page, Philosophy, Pop Culture
- September 22, 2019
The series Downton Abbey, it’s just too long and too slow. I never wanted to commit. A 2-hour movie? That I can do. And so I did. I’m super happy about it too. Fancy house. Stuffy people. Complicated human drama. Accents that if you listen carefully reveal a class structure. It’s often hilarious too. It’s
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The Courage to Be Utopian 0
- Front Page, Philosophy, Political Opinion
- September 18, 2019
By Peter Boettke Hayek famously penned the essay “Why I Am Not a Conservative.” I have often argued that folks need to read that essay in conjunction with his “Errors of Constructivism” to get a good sense of his position on why as true radical liberals we must be willing to question all existing political and social values,
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The Cobra Effect: Lessons in Unintended Consequences 0
- Front Page, Philosophy, Political Opinion
- September 6, 2019
Every human decision brings with it unintended consequences. Often, they are inconsequential, even funny. When Airbus, for example, wanted to make its planes quieter to improve the flying experience for travelers, it made its A380 so quiet that passengers could hear, with far too much clarity, what was happening in the plane’s bathrooms. Other times
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Hazony’s Tradition-Based Society Is a Form of Social Engineering 0
- Front Page, Philosophy, Political Opinion
- July 30, 2019
At any moment in time, the world seems to be going to hell in a handbasket. Manners are missing; ethics are being eliminated; culture is corrupted; social attitudes are supercilious; virtues are vanishing; literature is mostly licentious; industry and commerce are materialistically crude and callous; and humaneness is hamstrung by greed and selfishness. It’s the
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Are You Confused About National Conservatism?0
- Front Page, Philosophy, Political Opinion
- July 23, 2019
Economic libertarians are people convinced of the practical and moral legitimacy of the commercial society. Here’s a warning to those who self-identify: you are seriously under assault from the left and the right, not to mention an army of regulators and tax-hungry bureaucrats, and moralists of all stripes. It seems incredible: Civilization has never been
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