The Ethics of Liberty

The Ethics of Liberty is a 1982 book by American economist and historian Murray N. Rothbard.

Summary

Rothbard provides an exposition of the libertarian political position. He argues for the case of freedom as a concept of natural rights and applies it to a variety of practical problems.

Reception

Hans-Hermann Hoppe, who wrote the introduction to later editions of the book, described The Ethics of Liberty as Murray Rothbard's second magnum opus, the other being Man, Economy, and State.^[1]

University of San Diego philosophy professor Matt Zwolinski criticized the book, writing that Rothbard's discussion of self-ownership in chapter six "rests on a fundamental confusion between descriptive and normative claims."^[2]

Release history

• New York University Press. New York, N.Y. February 1, 2003. Paperback. ISBN 0-8147-7559-4
• New York University Press. New York, N.Y. May 1, 1998. Hardcover. ISBN 0-8147-7506-3
• Humanities Press. Atlantic Highlands, N.J. 1982. Hardcover. ISBN 0-391-02371-3

References

External links

• The Ethics of Liberty Full Text, Preface, read by Jeff Riggenbach
• Introduction to The Ethics of Liberty by Hans-Hermann Hoppe in HTML format
• Introduction to the French edition of The Ethics of Liberty
• 1998 review by Sheldon Richman