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I am a fanatical libertarian and Rand is not a major figure in most modern circles. Austrian writers are the go to role models for most libertarians, Hayek, Mi
by GFKjunior 15y ago
I am a fanatical libertarian and Rand is not a major figure in most modern circles.
Austrian writers are the go to role models for most libertarians, Hayek, Mises, my favorite is Rothbard.
- xenophanes 15y agoAre you aware the Rothbard thinks of children as property, and is anti-semitic, among other disgusting positions? And that Hayek sympathizes, morally, with socialism? Mises is wonderful but these other people you list with him are really quite different than him.
- sshumaker 15y agoRothbard: "The parent should not have a legal obligation to feed, clothe, or educate his children, since such obligations would entail positive acts coerced upon the parent and depriving the parent of his rights. The parent therefore may not murder or mutilate his child, and the law properly outlaws a parent from doing so. But the parent should have the legal right not to feed the child, i.e., to allow it to die." See http://mises.org/rothbard/ethics/fourteen.asp http://mises.org/rothbard/ethics/fourteen.asp Yeah, pretty disgusting.
- philwelch 15y agoI think what Rothbard and Rand both illustrate is the flaw of letting logical consistency override every other consideration, including basic human decency and moral intuition, when developing one's moral sense.