Natural Rights Debate: A Comment On a Reply

Tags: Philosophy and Methodology

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies David Osterfeld

Downloads

7_1_5_0.pdf

In his “A Groundwork for Rights: Man’s Natural End,” Douglas Rasmussen takes issue with a paper I presented at the Fifth Annual Libertarian Scholar’s Conference in which I was concerned with the difficulty of demonstrating the validity of natural rights doctrines in general and the libertarian natural rights doctrines in particular.

Volume 7, Number 1 (1983)

CITE THIS ARTICLE

Osterfeld, David. “Natural Rights Debate: A Comment On a Reply.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 7, No. 1 (1983): 101–113.

Subscribe to Journal of Libertarian Studies

Latest Articles

The Myth of the “Aguinaldo”

11/21/2024 Power & Market Franco Guevara

In Costa Rica, and in most Latin American countries (Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, etc.) the a guinaldo—a legally-mandated Christmas bonus—is an acquired labor right and is meant to provide...

Wealth and Income Inequality Are Essential for Social Cooperation

11/21/2024 Mises Wire Michael Njoku

It is popularly deemed a sign of moral superiority and a mark of the “progressive” mind to heavily criticize the existence of inequalities of wealth and income within the social order of the division...

If Trump Didn’t Send Musk to Talk with the Iranians…He Should!

11/20/2024 Power & Market Ron Paul

One of the most encouraging and promising things President-elect Trump said in his post-election acceptance speech was, “I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars…” We all understand that...

The French State Plans to Force You to Drive an EV

11/20/2024 Mises Wire Alexis Sémanne

In a recent statement, French Minister of Energy Olga Givernet expressed her frustration, declaring, “I am ready to take strong action on compulsory measures,” signaling the government’s intent to...

President Biden Gives the Green Light to an Act of War against Russia

11/20/2024 Mises Wire Connor O'Keeffe

On Sunday, news broke that President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use long-range American missiles to strike deeper into Russian territory. After the US gave Ukraine the greenlight to strike...

Meet the Writer

David Osterfeld

Dr. Osterfeld was assistant professor of political science at Saint Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, Indiana.

The Bureaucracy Problem

01/30/2019 Mises Daily David Osterfeld

It is commonly held that the unplanned “anarchic” nature of capitalist production necessitates bureaucratic regulation to prevent economic chaos. Thus the prominent Hungarian Marxist, Andras Hegedus...

Internal Inconsistencies in Arguments for Government: Nozick, Rand, and Hospers

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies David Osterfeld

Those who deny that the provision of protection services could be supplied through either the market or some other nonmonopolistic device must therefore endorse some sort of state. And those within...

What is the Mises Institute?

The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.

Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.

Become a Member