Philosophy Archives - The Libertarian Republic

In Times of Crisis, We Need To Inject Reason into Debates over Faith 0
- Faith & Freedom, Free Style, Front Page, Opinions, Philosophy
- March 23, 2020
COVID-19 has temporarily changed many aspects of our lives, sparking a firestorm of criticism about the best way to deal with the current crisis. While there are plenty of claims and decisions to debate, I’m especially interested in those involving matters of faith. I’ll address four that I’ve come across over the last several days.
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Our Standards on Civility are Trash 0
- 2020 Presidential Race, Abuse of Authority, Front Page, Opinions, Philosophy, War & Peace
- March 8, 2020
People on the left, right and center are constantly criticizing Donald Trump for his juvenile comments and behavior—and rightly so. The president’s inclination toward hurling insults at others is malicious and needlessly divisive. Underlying the criticisms of the president’s words is an important principle that should be widely shared: treat everyone with dignity. The political
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Free Market Fundamentalism is a Unicorn 0
- Economics of Liberty, Front Page, Opinions, Philosophy
- February 23, 2020
In a recent article for National Review, Oren Cass introduced readers to a new organization dedicated to helping conservatives “recover” from “market fundamentalism.” This new venture is a solution in search of a problem. A commitment to bigger government is the prevailing orthodoxy in the halls of Congress and the premiere D.C. think tanks offer,
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Why Libertarians Should Embrace Love 0
- Opinions, Philosophy
- February 14, 2020
Libertarians are inclined to make the following argument in defense of liberty: “I don’t care what you do as long as your decisions don’t violate my rights.” Although crude in description, this philosophy is second to none as it relates to state action. It respects the right of each person to live their life as
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The Government is the Enemy of Equality 0
- Opinions, Philosophy
- February 10, 2020
A major theme running throughout the Democratic Party’s presidential primary is the problem of income inequality. The argument is an appeal to fairness—a value most Americans share. It’s also a distraction from a more insidious inequality: the power the state has over the rest of us. Power inequality is a bigger threat to an egalitarian
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Can We Own Our Thoughts and Words?0
- Front Page, Opinions, Philosophy
- February 10, 2020
Rocky Ferrenburg I was listening to Dave Smith’s podcast, Part of the Problem, and they brought up a topic that seems to be a spot of contention for Libertarians: Intellectual Property. Intellectual property is the concept that someone owns an idea and that others cannot reproduce that idea without the owner’s permission. Being a musician,
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