George H. Smith

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This article is about the libertarian and atheist writer. For the science fiction author of the same name, see George H. Smith (fiction author).

George H. Smith (born 1949 in Spearsville, Louisiana) is a libertarian author. His published works often deal with such issues as capital punishment, anarchism, religious toleration, and atheism. He has written about William Wollaston, Herbert Spencer, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Ayn Rand, and other figures.

[edit] Bibliography

• Atheism: The Case Against God. 1974. ISBN 0-8402-1115-5 and ISBN 0-87975-124-X
• "William Wollaston on Property Rights", Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 2, no. 3, 1978, pp. 217-225.
• "Justice Entrepreneurship in a Free Market", Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 3, no. 4 (Winter 1979): pp. 405-26
• "Justice Entrepreneurship Revisited", Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 3, no. 4 (Winter 1979): pp. 453-69.
• "Herbert Spencer's Theory of Causation", Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 5 (Spring 1981), no. 2: pp. 113-152
• Atheism, Ayn Rand and Other Heresies. 1991. ISBN 0-87975-577-6
• "A Killer’s Right to Life", Liberty, Vol. 10, no. 2 (November 1996): 46.
• "Inalienable Rights?", Liberty, Vol. 10, no. 6 (July 1997): 51
• Why Atheism? 2000. ISBN 1-57392-268-4

[edit] Reviews and commentary

• David Gordon's review of Atheism: Ayn Rand and Other Heresies in The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 10, no. 2 (Fall 1992)
• N. Stephan Kinsella's response to Smith regarding capital punishment
• Steven Strasnick. "Justice Entrepreneurship in A Free Market": Comment