02.04.08

Anarchist Anthology Advenes Auspiciously

Posted in Anarchy, Ethics, Personal, Rand, Left-Libertarian at 1:50 pm by Administrator

A nice birthday present came in the mail today: my anthology with Tibor, Anarchism/Minarchism: Is a Government Part of a Free Country?, hot off the presses. It looks very nice. (Well, at 40¢ a page, it’d better!)

The book features contributions from a variety of philosophical perspectives within libertarianism, including consequentialist, deontological, contractarian, Randian, and Hayekian approaches.

The contents:

PART 1: MINARCHISM

1. Why the State Needs a Justification – Lester H. Hunt

2. Libertarianism, Limited Government and Anarchy – John Roger Lee

3. Rationality, History, and Inductive Politics – Adam Reed

4. Objectivism against Anarchy – William R Thomas

5. Reconciling Anarchism and Minarchism – Tibor R. Machan

PART 2: ANARCHISM

6. Radical Freedom and Social Living – Aeon James Skoble

7. The State: From Minarchy to Anarchy – Jan Narveson

8. The Obviousness of Anarchy – John Hasnas

9. Market Anarchism as Constitutionalism – Roderick T. Long

10. Liberty, Equality, Solidarity: Toward a Dialectical Anarchism – Charles Johnson

It strikes me that four of the ten contributors have some connection to the Auburn Philosophy Department. Tibor and I are Professor Emeritus and Associate Professor, respectively; Aeon was an Instructor here in 1993-1994; and Charles was an undergrad philosophy major here, graduating in 2003.

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RBM said,

February 4, 2008 at 2:48 pm

by chance, Is the introduction/preface to this available online anywhere?…….
Grant Gould said,

February 4, 2008 at 2:51 pm

Ouch, that’s pricey.

Maybe next time I have some Amazon gift-certificate credit to burn…
nathan said,

February 4, 2008 at 6:54 pm

Do you expect that they will release a cheaper paperback edition later on for us poor folks?
Niccolo Adami said,

February 4, 2008 at 9:39 pm

I wish I wasn’t a poor college student.
Neil Parille said,

February 4, 2008 at 10:48 pm

I’m all in favor of free enterprise, but I’ve never understood the disparity in book prices.
Black Bloke said,

February 5, 2008 at 2:15 am

More like 36¢ a page… but I’m not counting shipping. Anyway, things I found on the internet:

PART 1: MINARCHISM

1. Why the State Needs a Justification – Lester H. Hunt

PART 2: ANARCHISM

8. The Obviousness of Anarchy – John Hasnas

9. Market Anarchism as Constitutionalism – Roderick T. Long

I wasn’t too sure about this one. I’ve read the “Constitutionalism as Anarchism” pieces over at strike the root, but I’m not sure how The Professor has edited them for publication.

Links:
http://www.strike-the-root.com/3/long/long11.html

http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/long/long1.html

I was completely unsure of whether or not Machan’s essay on anarchism and minarchism’s rapprochement was the same as this essay on reconciliation. Either way, it’s not online.
RBM said,

February 5, 2008 at 11:47 am

thanks black bloke!
Black Bloke said,

February 5, 2008 at 11:10 pm

No problem RBM

The Objectivists seem to be very keen on keeping things offline, so I didn’t really expect to find much of their stuff.

Finding almost all of the contents of that big Ed Stringhham book was much easier.
Venus Cassandra said,

February 5, 2008 at 11:21 pm

If only I wasn’t such a cheap person and a poor student.

( :
Bill Ross said,

February 6, 2008 at 10:10 am

You don’t need complex/flowery explanations. FREEDOM = ABILITY TO CHOOSE = ABILITY TO ADAPT TO ENVIRONMENT = SURVIVAL.

The “rule of law” is a precisely defined law. It is the highest law of mankind, stated below:

“the suppression of forceful and fraudulent methods of goal seeking”

“all are treated equally by the law”. This means ALL, including king and judges

“absolute property rights”

This in turn is based on the fact that human behavior (the topic of law) is about goal seeking. In the seeking of any goal, there are only three possible methods: force, fraud and honest trade. Any transaction that is not an honest, mutually agreed trade will cause a self-defensive response (conflict) from the victim whose survival has been affected.

“The Rule of Law” is the glue that keeps all of mankind acting together in common interest, tied together by mutual dependence of trade, on an evolutionary path to excellence. Force and fraud creates conflict and destroys civilizations. Mankind is now on a devolutionary path to extinction because the co-operation once forced by “the rule of law” has been replaced by legitimizing force and fraud for those who incorrectly believe they wield power.

Rule of Law, Defined: http://www.nazisociopaths.org/modules/article/view.article.php/c1/34

Purpose of, Reasons For: http://www.nazisociopaths.org/modules/article/view.article.php/36

Mathematics of Rule (explains current economic stall):
http://www.nazisociopaths.org/modules/article/view.article.php/c1/32

A real world application:
http://www.divorcefraud.org/modules/article/view.article.php/21

Regards;
Bill Ross
(Electronics Design Engineer)
steven said,

February 6, 2008 at 12:55 pm

Bill,

You might want to read “The Myth of the Rule of Law” by John Hasnas. A very interesting and thought provoking article, in my opinion. You can read it online from Hasnas’ website.
Rad Geek People’s Daily 2008-02-13 – Liberty, Equality, Solidarity: Toward a Dialectical Anarchism said,

February 13, 2008 at 4:10 pm

[…] Here’s what I got in the mail Monday afternoon. It took a week longer to reach me than it did to reach Roderick; I don’t know whether that’s one of the perks of being an editor rather than a mere contributor like me, or simply because I’m way out west and he’s in Alabama. […]