# Freedom, Rights, and Political Philosophy, Part 2

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/freedom-rights-and-political-philosophy-part-2>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** September 30, 2015

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George H. Smith discusses the major criticism of natural rights and the consent theory of government – that these doctrines will land us in anarchy.

[Originally published in essay form on February 5, 2013.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/freedom-rights-political-philosophy-part-2)

_Narrated by James Foster._