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    Libertarian Law and Military Defense
    Libertarian Papers 9 213-232. 2017.
    Joseph Newhard (2017) argues that a libertarian anarchist society would be at a serious military disadvantage if it extended the nonaggression principle to include potential foreign invaders. He goes so far as to recommend cultivating the ability to launch a nuclear attack on foreign cities. In contrast, I argue that the free society would derive its strength from a total commitment to property rights and the protection of innocent life. Both theory and history suggest that a free society would …Read more
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    Hans-Herman Hoppe's argumentation ethic: A critique
    Journal of Libertarian Studies 20 (2): 53-64. 2006.
    ONE OF THE MOST prominent theorists of anarcho-capitalism is Hans- Hermann 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 pri- vate property. Hoppe claims that all participants in a debate must presuppose the libertarian principle that every person owns himself, since the principle underlies the very concept of argumentation. Some libertarians (e.g., R…Read more
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  • Butler Shaffer, In Restraint of Trade: The Business Campaign Against Competition, 1918-1938
    Journal of Libertarian Studies 15 (4; SEAS AUT): 113-116. 2001.