For A New Liberty

A classic that for over two decades has been hailed as the best general work on libertarianism available. Rothbard begins with a quick overview of its historical roots, and then goes on to define libertarianism as resting "upon one single axiom: that no man or group of men shall aggress upon the person or property of anyone else." He writes a withering critique of the chief violator of liberty: the State. Rothbard then provides penetrating libertarian solutions for many of today's most pressing problems, including poverty, war, threats to civil liberties, the education crisis, and more.

In recent years, libertarian impulses have increasingly influenced national and economic debates, from welfare reform to efforts to curtail affirmative action. Murray N. Rothbard's classicThe Ethics of Libertystands as one of the most rigorous and philosophically sophisticated expositions of the libertarian political position.What distinguishes Rothbard's book is the manner in which it roots the case for freedom in the concept of natural rights and applies it to a host of practical problems. An economist by profession, Rothbard here proves himself equally at home with philosophy. And while his conclusions are radical--that a social order that strictly adheres to the rights of private property must exclude the institutionalized violence inherent in the state--his applications of libertarian principles prove surprisingly practical for a host of social dilemmas, solutions to which have eluded alternative traditions.The Ethics of Libertyauthoritatively established the anarcho-capitalist economic system as the most viable and the only principled option for a social order based on freedom. This edition is newly indexed and includes a new introduction that takes special note of the Robert Nozick-Rothbard controversies.

Originally published in 1975, Ralf Dahrendorf’s Reith Lectures were an important contribution to public debate, exploring as they do the theme of the new liberty and being concerned to refashion liberalism to cope with the problems and tension of contemporary societies. The analysis covers endemic economic problems, such as growth, inflation and development, the complex nature of organizations, and the problems of political representation.

What ever happened to the idea of liberty? When was it decided that freedom can only flourish within the walls of tyranny? What god among us declared that the primary mode of libertarianism must consist of a slavish adherence to moral imperatives? Is it not possible for liberty to have a more proper conception and a philosophy that only requires a man to be free? From the author that brought you The Case Against the State, Tanner Cook now unleashes a new perspective of libertarianism. He presents an argument for the free individual without appealing to dogmatic moral systems or constructing any new deontology. In fact, Tanner employs the philosophical war-hammer of Nietzschean immoralism in order to unfound the current discourse on liberty while opening a pathway to a much-needed revival of libertarian thought. Liberty and The Will to Power is not for the timid or those who ascribe to the "greater good". Tanner's message is for men, who above all things, desire to be free.