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Alex Aragona speaks with Peter Jaworski as he explores his definition of libertarianism, and how different kinds of morality can lead to certain conclusions about libertarian institutions.

References

• Peter Jaworski is the co-author of the book, Markets without Limits: Moral Virtues and Commercial Interests, which is available for purchase on Amazon Canada at this link.


• Peter mentions B. van der Vossen’s article on self-ownership published on Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, which can be read here. The general article on libertarianism starts at this link.


• You can read more about Jonathan Haidt’s moral foundations theory on the website, moralfoundations.org.


• Peter mentions the three-way division between people cited in Jason Brennan’s book, Against Democracy, which is also available on Amazon Canada at this link. 


• This article on libertarianism.org captures David Hume’s is-ought dichotomy that was briefly mentioned by Peter during the podcast. 


• The Acton Institute publishes many articles that demonstrate how their theological views endorse libertarian institutions on their website, acton.org.


• You can read John Stuart Mill’s libertarian conclusions in On Liberty at this link.


• Peter mentions Chris Freiman during the episode, who has published blogposts on learnliberty.org.   


• You can read more about the natural rights argument of Thomas Jefferson’s famous quote, “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” in this article on libertarianism.org. 


• The Lockean-Nozick justification of property rights has also been written about in this article on libertarianism.org.
  


• Here is the link to Ayn Rand’s book, The Virtue of Selfishness, that explores the concept of ethical egoism.


• Michael L. Frazer has a book on Adam Smith’s theory of sentimentalism and how it departs from that of David Hume, which can be accessed here.


• You can purchase Michael Huemer’s book, Ethical Institutionalism, that was recommended by Peter at this link.


• Jan Narveson makes a contractarian case for libertarianism in this article on libertarianism.org.


• Here is Roderick Long’s article, Eudaimonist Libertarianism, that was published on bleedingheartlibertarians.org.


• Dan Sanchez published an article called, In Defense of Mises’s Utilitarianism, through the Mises Institute and is available for reading here.


• Here is Kevin Vallier’s article, A Rawlisan Case for Libertarianism, which also draws parallels to F. A. Hayek. 


• You can explore Milton Friedman’s natural rights-oriented political philosophy in his book, Capitalism and Freedom, which can be purchased from Amazon Canada at this link.


• Here is a joint article by John Tomasi and Matt Zwolinski called, A Bleeding Heart History of Libertarianism, which was published in Cato Unbound and can be read at this link. 


• This is a link to the Libertarian Party of the United States.


• Deirdre McCloskey elaborated on her idea of The Great Enrichment in this article published on the Foundation for Economic Education.