May, 2007

Classical Liberal “Liberty” and the Dangers of Indeterminacy

by Richard A. Epstein
The Conversation
May 21st, 2007

Liam once again raises the proposition that libertarians and classical liberals do not have any special claim to the use of the term “liberty,” but only can claim use of one peculiar sense of the term, which then has to do battle with others. I disagree with that position. The proposition that each person is [...]

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The Innocuous Indeterminacy of “Liberty”

by Liam Murphy
The Conversation
May 21st, 2007

My main point, that the concepts of coercion and liberty are indeterminate along politically significant fault-lines, seems innocuous enough; but it is not being received that way in this discussion. One wonders why this is, since this simple and hardly deep point is not in itself an objection to anyone’s political theory. The business end [...]

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