The Ethics of Liberty | Preface
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Date: 04/01/2024

Following up on Ludwig von Mises's demonstration that a society without private property degenerates into economic chaos, Murray N. Rothbard shows that every interference with property represents a violent and unethical invasion that diminishes liberty and prosperity. First published in 1982, The Ethics of Liberty is a masterpiece of argumentation, and shockingly radical in its conclusions. Rothbard says that the very existence of the state — the entity with a monopoly privilege to invade private property — is contrary to the ethics of liberty. Rothbard writes, "A society without a state is not only viable; it is the only one consistent with natural rights." http://mises.org

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Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995) was America's greatest radical libertarian author – writing authoritatively about ethics, philosophy, economics, American history, and the history of ideas. He presented the most fundamental challenge to the legitimacy of government, and he refined thinking about the self-ownership and non-coercion principles.