Jordan Ballor outlines Abraham Kuyper’s anti- revolutionary commitments, which appeal to a higher law in defense of liberty. Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) was a Dutch Reformed theologian, churchman, ...

Portraits of Liberty investigates the lives and philosophies of thinkers throughout history who argued in favor of a freer world.

Anti- federalist Robert Yates (under the pseudonym Brutus) argues against the constitution, foreseeing many of the expansions of federal power. The first question that presents itself on the subject ...

Crypto- anarchism is a philosophy whose advocates think technology can assist them in creating communities based on consent rather than coercion. Crypto- anarchists wish to be free from state ...

A libertarian world won’t eliminate all poverty, but it offers powerful tools for greatly reducing it, and improving the lives of the poorest and least privileged. Michael Tanner is a senior fellow at ...

While Karl Marx hated Pierre- Joseph Proudhon and his philosophy of mutualism, a libertarian can find in it much to appreciate. Although Herbert Spencer has been rightly regarded as the most ...

"Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property." So declares article 17 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of ...

Anarchism is a theory of society without the state in which the market provides all public goods and services, such as law and order. Although most anarchists oppose all large institutions, public or ...

Smith explains Kant’s basic justification of government and why he opposed the rights of resistance and revolution. George H. Smith was formerly Senior Research Fellow for the Institute for Humane ...

The right of revolution, according to classical liberal thinkers, is derived from the natural right of self- preservation. Because the purpose of government is to protect individuals against assaults ...

Did Adam Smith—celebrated hero of free trade—make a big exception for reasons of national defense? Would he support the Jones Act of today? Caleb Petitt argues that a careful reading of Smith on the ...

The modern state is a contingent historical development, born in blood- - not a permanent or inevitable feature of human society. In concentrating decision- making power, the state divests citizens ...