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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 566 Why Are Some Libertarians Rejecting the Nonaggression Principle?

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Government, News

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

It's become fashionable in libertarian circles to ridicule the nonaggression principle. Stephan Kinsella and I speak in its defense. This one is long overdue.

Show notes for Ep. 566

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about something truly fundamental today, and that is the non-aggression principle. And this principle

1:25.9

has actually come under attack even by libertarian thinkers. People who call

1:33.1

themselves libertarians have been saying lately, you know, maybe we ought to chuck this whole

1:37.7

thing and forget all about it. And I want to talk a little bit about that. And joining me to do that

1:43.1

is who else, our old friend, Stefan Kinsella, who is a tremendous libertarian legal theorist. He's the author of Against Intellectual Property. He's the author of many important and path-breaking scholarly articles in the libertarian tradition. And you can follow him over at stephancinecicella.com.

2:04.5

He has a podcast.

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