Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 278.

I was a guest on Episode 79 of The Bob Murphy Show, entitled "Stephan Kinsella and Bob Murphy Debate Hans Hoppe’s “Argumentation Ethics”. Back in June we discussed IP and related issues [KOL268 | Bob Murphy Show: Law Without the State, and the Illegitimacy of IP]. We had intended to discuss argumentation ethics but ran out of time. So we did it in this episode. I think it turned out very well.

[Update: Ep. 86 Further Thoughts on Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethics and Essays on Praxeology ]

From Bob's show notes:

By popular demand, Bob brings Stephan back on the podcast, this time to debate Hans Hoppe’s famous “argumentation ethics” case for libertarianism. Stephan defends Hoppe’s claim that any attempt to justify a NON-libertarian system would result in a performative contradiction, while Bob clarifies the argument and raises concerns about it.

Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:

The YouTube video for this interview.

Hans Hoppe’s talk on argumentation ethics at his Property & Freedom Society.

The 1988 Liberty symposium on Hoppe’s argumentation ethics.

Stephan Kinsella’s concise guide to Hoppe’s argument and its critics.

Bob Murphy and Gene Callahan’s critique of argumentation ethics in the Journal of Libertarian Studies, and Stephan Kinsella’s response.

Stephan’s earlier appearance on ep. 39 of the Bob Murphy Show, talking about private law and Intellectual Property.

Help support the Bob Murphy Show.

See also:

“Dialogical Arguments for Libertarian Rights,” in The Dialectics of Liberty (Lexington Books, 2019)

Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethics and Its Critics, StephanKinsella.com (Aug. 11, 2015)

Lecture 3 of my 2011 Mises Academy course, “The Social Theory of Hoppe” (slides here)

Lecture 2 of my 2011 Mises Academy course, “Libertarian Legal Theory: Property, Conflict, and Society” (slides here)

The Genesis of Estoppel: My Libertarian Rights Theory, StephanKinsella.com (March 22, 2016)

Defending Argumentation Ethics: Reply to Murphy & Callahan, Anti-state.com (Sept. 19, 2002)

“Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide,” Mises Daily (May 27, 2011)