The Ethics of Liberty
Introduction by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL LAW
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Natural Law and Reason
- Natural Law as "Science"
- Natural Law versus Positive Law
- Natural Law and Natural Rights
- The Task of Political Philosophy
PART II: A THEORY OF LIBERTY
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A Crusoe Social Philosophy
- Interpersonal Relations: Voluntary Exchange
- Interpersonal Relations: Ownership and Aggression
- Property and Criminality
- The Problem of Land Theft
- Land Monopoly, Past and Present
- Self-Defense
- Punishment and Proportionality
- Children and Rights
- "Human Rights" As Property Rights
- Knowledge, True and False
- Bribery
- The Boycott
- Property Rights and the Theory of Contracts
- Lifeboat Situations
- The "Rights" of Animals
PART III: THE STATE VERSUS LIBERTY
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The Nature of the State
- The Inner Contradictions of the State
- The Moral Status of Relations to the State
- On Relations Between States
PART IV: MODERN ALTERNATIVE THEORIES OF LIBERTY
- Utilitarian Free-Market Economics
- Isaiah Berlin on Negative Freedom
- F.A. Hayek and The Concept of Coercion
- Robert Nozick and the Immaculate Conception of the State
PART V: TOWARD A THEORY OF STRATEGY FOR LIBERTY
- Toward a Theory of Strategy for Liberty