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Essays
Response to John Eastman on the Limits of Federal Power
Ilya Somin argues that finding a federal power to restrict immigration in the Constitution would prove too much.
Issues
Inner and Outer Freedom
What's the relationship between political freedom and the freedom from bad inner tendencies like greed, fear, or anger?
Essays
Inner Freedom: Change Yourself, Then Change the World
William Irwin's libertarianism began with inner freedom.
Essays
Finding a Balance between Inner and Outer Freedom
Aaron Ross Powell argues that inner freedom is best pursued in a free society, and that these two aspects of the good life are mutually reinforcing.
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Restoring Social Responsibility to Inner Freedom, with Help from Immanuel Kant
Mark D. White looks to Immanuel Kant's account of freedom to bridge the gap.
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Why External Freedom May, In Fact, Be Prior to or Generative of Inner Freedom
Tom G. Palmer argues that inner freedom is a valuable thing, but that it is most reliably obtained when one is not politically oppressed.