(This post is an attempt to formulate praxeological fundamentals according to how they make sense to me.) An action is an embarkation of a behavior for the achievement of a goal 1 which executes a deliberate choice 2 among potential behaviors. A goal is a possible future situation that is perceived as...
One does not need be a philosopher to have a working theory of morality. Nor need one be an economist to have a working theory of value. One can find implicit theories in the writings of any thoughtful person; and the ancient Greek poet Hesiod was a very thoughtful man. Conversely, one can be a philosopher...
Gustave De Molinari was a radical classical liberal associated with Frederic Bastiat and the French liberal school of economics. In his work "The Production of Security", Molinari was the first economist to propose the possibility of free competition for the production of security, which had...
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Benjamin Tucker was arguably the leading figure of individualist anarchism in America in the 19th century. He was the editor and chief of the classic anarchist periodical "Liberty", which involved many key figures in early individualist anarchism such as Lysander Spooner, Stephen Pearl Andrews...
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