What does libertarian theory, Murray Rothbard’s theory in particular, tell us about the rights of children? The two foundational principles of Rothbardian libertarianism are the sanctity of private property and the rule of non-aggression. Persons, including children, are “self-owners”. Yet children, at a young age, are not yet capable of functioning fully as “self-owners.” They must be cared fo...

It is widely believed that presentism is compatible with both a libertarian view of human freedom and an unrestricted principle of bivalence. I argue that, in fact, presentists must choose between bivalence and libertarianism: if presentism is true, then either the future is open or no one is free in the way that libertarians understand freedom. Presentism is the view that it always has been an...

P sychiatrists and historians used to exist in a state of mutual mistrust and suspicion. Professional historians of a generation ago, much influenced by the radical epistemology of Michel Foucault (1), the sociological critiques of Erving Goffman (2), the countercultural theorizing of RD Laing (3), or the trenchant libertarianism of Thomas Szasz (4), came to portray the entire enterprise of mod...

The Tea Party movement, which rose to prominence in the United States after the election of President Barack Obama, provides an ideal context in which to examine the roles of racial concerns and ideology in politics. A three-wave longitudinal study tracked changes in White Americans' self-identification with the Tea Party, racial concerns (prejudice and racial identification), and ideologies (l...

Marxism or libertarianism, or our topic at hand–environmentalism–all ‘isms’ come with conceptual boundaries–and litmus tests for which opinions fall inside or outside the bounds of reasonableness for that ‘ismatic’ worldview. Can a good conservative back abortion rights or higher marginal tax rates? Or a good liberal condone racial pro1⁄2ling? Or a good communist support China’s transformation ...

Since its inception, the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak has become a major health problem. At same time, countries worldwide have been waiting for Covid-19 vaccine to be sufficiently available. When became available, several began adopt mandatory vaccination policies. However, received strong opposition from start. Rejections emerged various parties, including libertarians. The re...

nowadays, medical tourism reports impressive growth in terms of number of persons, income and number of countries involved in cross-border flows. so this study was undertaken to clarify entrepreneurship opportunities and bio-ethics boundaries in medical tourism. for tourism entrepreneurs, these outgoing flows related to medical procedures and tourism become an opportunity that cannot be ignored...

My central claim is that resonances between Transcendentalist and Chinese philosophies are so strong the former cannot be adequately appreciated without latter. I give attention to Analects, Mengzi Tiantai Lotus Sutra, which Transcendentalists read. Because there was conceptual sharing across traditions, plus evidence suggesting explored other texts, my analysis includes discussions of Daoism W...

There seems to be a broad consensus that Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits race discrimination in places of public accommodation, was a remarkable success. But the consensus is illusory. Laws prohibiting discrimination by public accommodations currently exist under a significant legal threat. And this threat is merely the latest iteration in the controversy over public a...

ONE OF THE MOST prominent theorists of anarcho-capitalism is HansHermann Hoppe. In what is perhaps his most famous result, the argumentation ethic for libertarianism, he purports to establish an a priori defense of the justice of a social order based exclusively on private property. Hoppe claims that all participants in a debate must presuppose the libertarian principle that every person owns h...