Excursions into Libertarian Thought

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Excursions into Libertarian Thought episodes

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4 min
July 25, 2018 Immanuel Kant and the Natural Law Tradition
George Smith discusses Kant’s attempt to justify objective moral principles and his views on when the use of coercion is morally proper.
Originally published in essay form on April 15, 2016
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15 min
July 18, 2018 A Few Kind Words about the Most Evil Man in Mankind’s History
George Smith explains some fundamental features of Immanuel Kant’s moral and political theory.
Originally published in essay form on April 8, 2016
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17 min
July 11, 2018 Some Personal Reflections on Ayn Rand
George Smith discusses some good and bad influences that Ayn Rand’s ideas had on his own intellectual development.
Originally published in essay form on April 1, 2016
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12 min
July 04, 2018 Ayn Rand on Aristotle
George Smith examines some of Rand’s claims about the beneficial influence of Aristotle’s ideas on the course of Western civilization.
Originally published in essay form on March 4, 2016
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14 min
June 27, 2018 On the Influence of Ideas
George Smith discusses the issue of whether we should hold a philosopher responsible for the beliefs of those followers who agree with him.
Originally published in essay form on February 26, 2016.
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16 min
June 20, 2018 Some Reflections on the History of Philosophy
George Smith explains the views of Kant and Hegel on the history of philosophy, and explores whether moral judgments should be applied to the realm of ideas.
Originally published in essay form on February 19, 2016
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17 min
June 06, 2018 Immanuel Kant and Nazism
Was Kant somehow responsible for the rise of Nazism? Smith explores two points of view on this issue.
Originally published in essay form on February 5, 2016
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13 min
May 30, 2018 Ernst Cassirer on Fascism and National Socialism
George H. Smith discusses the mythological thinking that dominated Nazi ideology, as explained in Cassirer’s book The Myth of the State.
Originally published in essay form on January 29, 2016.
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13 min
May 24, 2018 Ayn Rand and the History of Philosophy
George Smith discusses whether we should hold a philosopher responsible for how other philosophers use his or her ideas.
Originally published in essay form on February 12, 2016
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13 min