Frank van Dun

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Argumentation Ethics and The Philosophy of Freedom

03/13/2009 Libertarian Papers Frank van Dun

Reason is an ultimate given and cannot be analyzed or questioned by itself.—Ludwig von Mises [1] No person can disobey Reason, without giving up his claim to be a rational creature.—Jonathan Swift [2]...

The Logic of Law

08/22/2009 Libertarian Papers Frank van Dun

Introduction ‘Law’, in the sense in which I shall use the word here, denotes an order of persons. Within this general concept, we can distinguish between natural orders and artificial orders. Natural...

Dead End Street Blues

02/04/2009 Libertarian Papers Frank van Dun

Back in the nineteen-seventies, inflation and unemployment were rapidly increasing together in the Western world, although according to the then ruling Keynesian priesthood they would never do so. By...

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