Ep. 8:  Roderick Long interviews ERIC MACK
Channel: Agoric Cafe
Date: 05/09/2020

Roderick Long chats with philosopher Eric Mack about walking out on Ayn Rand, clashing with Nazi Sikhs in Seneca Falls, libertarian rights theory, Kantian vs. Aristotelean approaches to fixing Randian ethics, Nozickian polymathy, the unselfishness of Samuel Johnson, the ethics of COVID lockdowns, physical distancing in Durango, the CIA as an argument against anarchism, shoving someone in front of a bus as a form of restitution, and the edibility of matter.


Here are some links to items mentioned in the discussion: 

Eric Mack’s LIBERTARIANISM:  
https://www.amazon.com/Libertarianism-Key-Concepts-Political-Theory/dp/1509519300/?tag=praxeologynet-20

Eric Mack’s JOHN LOCKE:  
https://www.amazon.com/Locke-Major-Conservative-Libertarian-Thinkers/dp/1441123229/?tag=praxeologynet-20

Eric Mack’s THE ESSENTIAL JOHN LOCKE:  
– Kindle version, from Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/Essential-John-Locke-Scholars-ebook/dp/B0861HV225/?tag=praxeologynet-20
– Free PDF, from the Fraser Institute:  https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/essential-john-locke.pdf
– Inquire about obtaining a hard copy:  https://www.fraserinstitute.org/contact

Ayn Rand’s THE FOUNTAINHEAD: 
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fountainhead-ayn-rand/1100315867?ean=9780451191151

Robert Nozick’s ANARCHY, STATE AND UTOPIA:  
https://www.amazon.com/Anarchy-State-Utopia-Robert-Nozick/dp/0465051006/?tag=praxeologynet-20

Robert Nozick’s PHILOSOPHICAL EXPLANATIONS:  
https://www.amazon.com/Philosophical-Explanations-Robert-Nozick/dp/0674664795/?tag=praxeologynet-20

Gregory Salmieri and Robert Mayhew’s FOUNDATIONS OF A FREE SOCIETY:  REFLECTIONS ON AYN RAND’S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY:  
https://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Free-Society-Reflections-Philosophical/dp/0822945487/?tag=praxeologynet-20

David D. Friedman’s THE MACHINERY OF FREEDOM: GUIDE TO A RADICAL CAPITALISM:   
https://www.amazon.com/Machinery-Freedom-Guide-Radical-Capitalism/dp/1507785607/?tag=praxeologynet-20

Terence H. Irwin’s PLATO’S ETHICS:  
https://www.amazon.com/Platos-Ethics-Terence-Irwin/dp/0195086457/?tag=praxeologynet-20

Douglas B. Rasmussen and Douglas J. Den Uyl’s NORMS OF LIBERTY: A PERFECTIONIST BASIS FOR A NON-PERFECTIONIST POLITICS:
https://www.amazon.com/Norms-Liberty-Perfectionist-Non-Perfectionist-Politics/dp/0271027010/?tag=praxeologynet-20

Plato’s REPUBLIC:  
https://www.amazon.com/Republic-Hackett-Classics-Plato/dp/0872207366/?tag=praxeologynet-20

Liam B. Murphy and Thomas Nagel’s THE MYTH OF OWNERSHIP: TAXES AND JUSTICE:  
https://www.amazon.com/Liam-B-Murphy/dp/0195176561/?tag=praxeologynet-20

Roderick Long vs. George Reisman on defensive force against collective action:  
https://cdn.mises.org/qjae5_2_1.pdf
http://praxeology.net/SmallContributions-REVISED.doc

Bonus:  Roderick Long on cases when prohibition becomes permission plus requirement to compensate: 
https://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2013/04/eudaimonism-and-non-aggression/

Bonus:  Roderick Long’s REASON AND VALUE:  ARISTOTLE VERSUS RAND:   
http://praxeology.net/Reason_Value.pdf

Bonus:  Neera K. Badhwar’s IS VIRTUE ONLY A MEANS TO HAPPINESS? AN ANALYSIS OF VIRTUE AND HAPPINESS IN AYN RAND’S WRITINGS:
http://praxeology.net/Virtue_and_Happiness.pdf

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