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Do your beliefs fall on the libertarian thought spectrum?
Revisiting the root of our ideas in freedom and liberty, Eric Mack argues that everyone has a claim to liberty because it represents the possibility to live a valuable life. With that being said, people believe in varying degrees of liberty, even libertarians. Mack believes that libertarians encompass a wide spectrum of thought ranging from classical liberal to anarchists.
What is libertarianism? What are the fundamental principles of justice? What is a political good? Are anarchists libertarians? Are classical liberals libertarians? Are all libertarians against coercion? Who is Herbert Spencer?
Libertarianism (Key Concepts in Political Theory), written by Eric Mack
The Libertarian Mind, written by David Boaz
10 Books Every Libertarian Should Read, written by Madsen Pirie
A Natural Rights Case for Libertarianism, written by Eric Mack
Arguments for Liberty, edited by Aaron Ross Powell & Grant Babcock
What is Libertarianism?, Free Thoughts Podcast
Eric Mack is professor emeritus of philosophy at Tulane University. He has authored numerous articles on political philosophy and books on John Locke and libertarianism.
Trevor Burrus was a research fellow in the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review. His research interests include constitutional law, civil and criminal law, legal and political philosophy, legal history, and the interface between science and public policy.
He is the editor of A Conspiracy against Obamacare (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and Deep Commitments: The Past, Present, and Future of Religious Liberty (Cato, 2017). Burrus holds a BA in philosophy from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a JD from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He also contributed a chapter to Libertarianism.org’s Visions of Liberty.
Aaron Powell founded Libertarianism.org. He is now the host of (Re)Imagining Liberty, a podcast about the case for radical freedom.