Excursions into Libertarian Thought

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Excursions into Libertarian Thought episodes

May 23, 2018 Ayn Rand on Fascism
George H. Smith explores Rand’s contention that America was sliding down a slippery slope to fascism.
Originally published in essay form on January 8, 2016.
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13 min
May 16, 2018 John Locke: A Leveller Connection?
Smith examines and criticizes Richard Ashcraft’s arguments that Locke was significantly influenced by the Levellers.
Originally published in essay form on December 18, 2015.
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18 min
May 09, 2018 John Locke: In Search of the Radical Locke
George H. Smith explains an important controversy about when the Two Treatises was written, and the possible influence of the Levellers on Locke.
Originally published in essay form on December 4, 2015.
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14 min
May 02, 2018 John Locke: Money and Private Property
George H. Smith explains the significance, for Locke, of the increased productivity caused by labor, and the relationship between money and property.
Originally published in essay form on November 20, 2015.
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12 min
April 25, 2018 John Locke: Some Qualifications in Locke’s Theory of Property
George H. Smith explains how Locke dealt with some problems in the traditional Christian theory of private property.
Originally published in essay form on November 6, 2015.
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12 min
April 18, 2018 John Locke: Some Problems in Locke’s Theory of Private Property
George H. Smith discusses Robert Nozick’s criticisms of Locke’s property theory and the relationship between a natural-law justification of property and social conventions.
Originally published in essay form on October 30, 2015.
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14 min
April 11, 2018 John Locke: Hermeneutics and Labor
George H. Smith explains Locke’s ideas about how we should interpret a philosophic text, and the relationship between labor and private property.
Originally published in essay form on October 23, 2015.
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13 min
April 04, 2018 John Locke: The Justification of Private Property
In his first essay in a new series on John Locke, Smith explains some essential features of Locke’s case for private property.
Originally published in essay form on October 19, 2015
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11 min
March 28, 2018 Freethought and Freedom: John Locke on Property
George Smith discusses Locke’s view of the original commons, before the institution of private property.
Originally published in essay form on October 9, 2015.
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11 min
March 21, 2018 Freethought and Freedom: Private Property and Natural Law
George Smith continues his discussion of how the theory of private property changed over the centuries.
Originally published in essay form on October 2, 2015.
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14 min