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For a New Libertarian Ethics

In order to present the theory of ethics which underlies my libertarian political philosophy, I am going to first carefully discuss the theory of ethics currently dominant among other Austro-libertarians: that of Murray N. Rothbard. Note: In what follows...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Mon, Jun 22 2009

Filed under: Ethics, David Hume, Murray Rothbard, Political Philosophy
Krugman's Intellectual Waterloo: Featured on Mises.org

My piece Krugman's Intellectual Waterloo has been made today's Daily Article on Mises.org . Check out the hilarious "Krugman-as-Napoleon" image they put together. My thanks to Jeffrey Tucker for selecting it, to BK Marcus for editing...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Mon, Jun 22 2009

Filed under: General, Paul Krugman, Current Events
Searching for common ground: In which I provide a partial defense of Ron Bailey`s "invisible hand of population control" thesis

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Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Mon, Jun 22 2009

Filed under: tragedy of commons, Ron Bailey, population, Michael Tobis
Evolution & religion: Idle hands express idle thoughts about Bob Murphy`s determination to apply reason to his insistence that "non-believers burn in hell"

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Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Mon, Jun 22 2009

Filed under: commons, religion, evolution, Bob Murphy, Rappaport
A View from the Trenches, June 22nd 2009: "Retrenchment"

The chart below, which shows last Friday’s intraday action in 30-yr Treasuries vs. the S&P500 Index, says it all: Retrenchment. Indeed, personally, I don’t think we have made any progress last week. This is perhaps reflected in wider credit...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Sun, Jun 21 2009
March on Albany

I was going to write a longer diatrabe where I describe in detail the March on Albany (NY) protest I went to this past week put on by the Tea Party people. I was kinda reluctant, as most of the people in the local group are all retirees and I'm fresh...

Posted to Musings from an Economics Student by champthom on Sat, Jun 20 2009

Filed under: mises, bastiat, rothbard, teaparty, protest, albany, rand, nys, conservative, ny, hayek
Vain Intellectuals and Wise Workers

All professions have a tendency toward self-importance. So it should be no surprise that historians have a distinct bias towards eras in which their own forerunners (ancient chroniclers and historians) were existent and employed. Thus, societies without...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Sat, Jun 20 2009

Filed under: History
Cradle of the State

The state was likely born out of a cult. The former would not have been supportable with the latter. Further, it is unlikely that the latter would last long without evolving into the former. Thus it is reasonable to believe that both would have originated...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Sat, Jun 20 2009

Filed under: History, Political Philosophy
The Racket and the Cult

As I argued in my post The Sword and the Lie , the state is a symbiosis of violent criminals (the sword) and propagandizing intellectuals (the lie). The sword needs the lie. Rulers always outnumber the ruled, so a reign predicated on bald criminality...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Sat, Jun 20 2009

Filed under: History, Political Philosophy
Between the Rivers, Before the State

It has been argued that man has only risen from the depths of squalor upon becoming “civilized”, that is, upon coalescing into a civitas, or state. Thus mainstream history textbooks include the origination of government as a crucial step in...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Sat, Jun 20 2009

Filed under: History
History of Violence

Why is it that when we study history, so much of it is recounting a succession of rulers and wars: that is, political history? As a liberal, I believe the state is predominantly an agent of violence. And wars are obviously violent. So looked at that way...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Sat, Jun 20 2009

Filed under: History, Education
The Child, the Parent, and the State

A child is a potential man. Man is characterized by the fact that he acts and that he has morality. To act is to behave with purpose: using reason to willfully choose between alternative means toward ends. Morality is a set of feelings which constrain...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Sat, Jun 20 2009

Filed under: Political Philosophy, Education
Practical Education

What is the point of all this formal learning we expect schoolchildren to do: the endless assignments and tests? One stock answer to this question is that it teaches them how to get things done. That would obviously be learned better in the real world...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Sat, Jun 20 2009

Filed under: Education
The Abdication of Parenthood

We as a society have abdicated parenthood. We have handed parenthood over to the state. The prime responsibility of raising children to become decent, humane, and successful adults has been given over to state schools. Kids' lives are dominated by...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Sat, Jun 20 2009

Filed under: Education
Because School Told Us

I recently taught a workshop about brains for a group of 24 5th graders. First I wrote on the board, “What does the brain do?” The students dutifully enumerated the standard list: controls your movements, thinks, feels emotion, controls your...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Sat, Jun 20 2009

Filed under: Education

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