The Ethics Of Liberty - Natural Law And Reason
Since last year, I have had the intention to read through Murray Rothbard's "The Ethics Of Liberty" and record my thoughts on it in this blog. I read chapter 1 a couple of months ago but still couldn't find the time to do any writing. I can't promise a consistent schedule going forward, but I decided I couldn't wait any longer to start. Written in 1982, "The Ethics Of Liberty" is Rothbard's attempt to formulate a political theory based on libertarian principles and ethics. The subject of chapter 1 is something called natural law, and the theme is that natural law is neither religious nor irreligious. Rothbard's purpose is to convince the audience that religious faith isn't required to discover natural law, but at the same time it isn't opposed to faith either. At the start of the book, he describes several factions debating political philosophy. The first faction believes that "human nature" exists. The other denies t