Liberty. It’s a simple idea, but it’s also the linchpin of a complex system of values and practices: justice, prosperity, responsibility, toleration, cooperation, and peace. Many people believe that liberty is the core political value of modern civilization itself, the one that gives substance and form to all the other values of social life. They’re called libertarians.

60 Second Introduction What is Libertarianism?

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Libertarianism and War

In the second lecture in the “Exploring Liberty” series, Christopher A. Preble gives an introduction to how American libertarians have historically felt about wars and military intervention abroad.

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George H. Smith

The Boston Massacre

Smith continues his look at the events leading up to the American Revolution by telling the complex story of Americans at the time rather dramatically called the Boston Massacre.

Aaron Ross Powell

Bad Philosophy and the Technocratic Nightmare: A Review of Sam Harris’s “The Moral Landscape”

Sam Harris’s book represents not just poor philosophical thinking but also a dangerous mode of thinking echoing early Progressivism. Libertarians should be deeply concerned by Harris’s take on morality.