Ludwig Von Mises and Natural Law: A Comment on Professor Gonce

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07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Murray N. Rothbard

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In an article on Ludwig von Mises,’ Professor R. A. Gonce has performed a remarkable feat: for he has ascribed to a writer who has had nothing but scorn for natural law, a system of economics grounded on such an ethical philosophy -and as a corollary, he has attributed a fusion of the is and the ought to one of the most uncompromising champions of Max Weber’s stern call for Wertfreiheit in the social sciences.

Volume 4, Number 3 (1980)

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Rothbard, Murray N. “Ludwig Von Mises and Natural Law: A Comment on Professor Gonce.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 4, No.3 (1980): 289-297.

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