KOL161 | Argumentation Ethics, Estoppel, and Libertarian Rights: Adam Smith Forum, Moscow (2014)

Summary: Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 161.<br> <br> This was my (remotely delivered) presentation at the 6th Adam Smith Forum, Moscow, Russia (Nov. 2, 2014):<br> <br> <br> <br> From the programme:<br> "Entitled "Argumentation Ethics, Estoppel, and Libertarian Rights," Kinsella discusses the nature and definition of libertarianism and surveys different arguments and theories for its particular conception of rights and politics, including natural rights, consequentialist, and utilitarian approaches. He concludes with an overview of two more recent and unique approaches to justifying libertarian rights, the "argumentation ethics" approach of Austrian economist and political philosopher Hans-Hermann Hoppe, and Kinsella's own "estoppel" theory of rights."<br> This is my second speech at the Adam Smith Forum; the first was “Why Intellectual Property is not Genuine Property,” 3rd Adam Smith Forum, Moscow, Russia (Nov. 12, 2011), also via remote video.<br> <br> I did not prepare a new powerpoint but I drew heavily on the one linked here, and included below. Here is the transcript.<br> <br> The main resources I drew on, which I mentioned in the lecture, include:<br> <br> New Rationalist Directions in Libertarian Rights Theory<br> Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide<br> Defending Argumentation Ethics: Reply to Murphy &amp; Callahan<br> A Libertarian Theory of Punishment and Rights<br> How We Come To Own Ourselves<br> <br> These issued were also discussed in further detail in previous Mises Academy courses:<br> <br> KOL155 | “The Social Theory of Hoppe: Lecture 3: Libertarian Rights and Argumentation Ethics” (the slides for this lecture are appended below; links for“suggested readings” for the course are included in the podcast post for the first lecture, episode 153)<br> KOL108 | “Why ‘Intellectual Property’ is not Genuine Property,” Adam Smith Forum, Moscow (2011)<br> <br> SLIDES FOR THE SOCIAL THEORY OF HOPPE: LECTURE 3: LIBERTARIAN RIGHTS AND ARGUMENTATION ETHICS