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SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS
(in lesson-plan order):

1. Rothbard, Murray N. For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, chapter 2: “Property
and Exchange,” rev. ed. (New York: Collier Books, 2002).
2. Klein, Peter, “Entrepreneurship and Corporate Governance,” Quarterly Journal of
Austrian Economics 2, no. 2 (Summer, 1999): 19-42.
3. Hoppe, Hans-Hermann, “On Certainty and Uncertainty, Or: How Rational Can Our
Expectations Be?” Review of Austrian Economics 10, no. 1 (1997): 49–78.
4. Block, Walter, “Free Market Transportation: Denationalizing the Roads,” Journal of
Libertarian Studies 3, no. 2 (1979): 209–38.
5. Callahan, Gene, “Rethinking Patent Law,” Mises.org Daily Article, July 18, 2000.
6. Callahan, Gene, “In Praise of Bugs,” Mises.org Daily Article, March 27, 2000.
7. Mises, Ludwig von, Money, Method, and the Market Process, chapter 21: “The Idea of
Liberty is Western,” Richard Ebeling, ed. (Norwell, Mass.: Kluwer Academic
Publishers, 1990).
8. Mises, Ludwig von Mises, Money, Method, and the Market Process, Chapter 12, “The
Plight of the Underdeveloped Nations,” Richard Ebeling, ed. (Norwell, Mass.: Kluwer
Academic Publishers, 1990).
9. Rothbard, Murray N. “World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals,”
Journal of Libertarian Studies IX, no. 1 (Winter, 1989): 81–125.
10. Block, Walter, “Coase and Demsetz on Private Property Rights,” Journal of Libertarian
Studies 1, no. 2 (1977): 111–15.

If the central axiom of the libertarian creed is nonaggression against anyone's person and property, how is this axiom arrived at? What is its groundwork or support? Here, libertarians, past and present, have differed considerably. Roughly, there are three broad types of foundation for the libertarian axiom, corresponding to three kinds of ethical philosophy: the emotivist, the utilitarian, and the natural rights viewpoint. The emotivists assert that they take liberty or nonaggression as their premise purely on subjective, emotional grounds. While their own intense emotion might seem a valid basis for their own political philosophy, this can scarcely serve to convince anyone else. By ultimately taking themselves outside the realm of rational discourse, the emotivists thereby insure the lack of general success of their own cherished doctrine.

Robert P. Murphy

Robert P. Murphy earned his Ph.D. in economics from New York University. A former professor at Hillsdale College, he is now an adjunct scholar with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, a senior fellow in business and economic studies at the Pacific Research Institute, and an economist with both the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and the Institute for Energy Research. He has testified before Congress on economic issues, and has worked as both an investment/business analyst and as a journalist. He is a frequent radio guest and writes a column for Townhall.com.

Robert P. Murphy is the author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism, the Study Guide to "Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market," the "Human Action" Study Guide, The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal, and his newest book, Lessons for the Young Economist. He runs the blog Free Advice.

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