Tag: ethics

Culture

Abortion and the Idolatry of Law

After Roe v. Wade, something amazing happened.  New organizations, care centers, adoption services, and support networks for pregnant mothers popped ...

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War and Peace

Is it Okay to Kill?

Is it okay to kill? I don’t mean a bug in your house, a snake in your garage, or a ...

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Culture

Decriminalization, Legalization, or Freedom?

In between drug prohibition and drug freedom are two concepts that are often confused. Drug prohibition is the criminalization of ...

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Media

The Rand Paul Filibuster in 2 Minutes

Anthony Gregory explains the significance of the Rand Paul Filibuster in two minutes: This is an exciting time for liberty, ...

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Book Reviews

What Every Libertarian Needs To Know About Two Books on the Drug War

Review of Mark A. R. Kleiman, Jonathan P. Caulkins, and Angela Hawken, Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to ...

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Christian Worldview

Jim Wallis lambastes John McCain for military adventurism, but not Obama?

I am not positive at all toward Jim Wallis’s left-leaning positions on government intervention in the economy and social issues. ...

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War in the forest
President's Blog

Militarism is the Devil’s Work

Joel Poindexter writes: The Great Commission, as described in the gospel of Matthew, has been perverted by these Right-Wing warmongers. ...

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News

News of the Week, Sept. 9th, 2012 Edition: Anarchism and Christianity?

Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week. Bob Murphy reconciles anarcho-capitalism with Christianity. Doug Newman ...

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Culture

Instinct and Ethics

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was ...

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Theology

A Bad Way to Argue Against Being a Christian Libertarian

A few days after the Washington Post published my article on Christianity, libertarianism, and Ron Paul, one Dana Loesch, a ...

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Christian Worldview

6 Myths Catholics Tell About Libertarians

Norman’s note: This guest post is by Prof. Ryan McMaken. Even though the article is specifically about Catholic Christians, every ...

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Media

Is John Stossel becoming anti-war?

I was pleased to see the following clip of Stossel on the O’Reilly Factor, where Stossel defends Ron Paul and ...

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History

What would the Twelve Apostles say about modern government?

This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course essays by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and ...

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Politics

Government vs. The State

John Cobin, author of the great books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy, has graciously agreed to ...

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Christian Worldview

Thoughts on the word “We”

Progressive Christians deride libertarian individualism as contrary to the value system of the Kingdom of God. In their minds, to ...

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Book Reviews

“The Ethics of Martin Luther” Book Review

Book review of The Ethics of Martin Luther by Paul Althaus, translated by Robert C. Schultz. Augsberg Fortress Press, 1972. ...

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Media

Who Owns You? I sure don’t…

I am on the board of The Foundation for a Free Society, and one of our objectives is to put ...

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Economics

The Market Economy and Its Life-Support System

By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. —- The World ...

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History

With or Without a God: Natural Law and Property Rights

[Excerpted from An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, vol. 1, Economic Thought Before Adam Smith (1995). An ...

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War and Peace

A Declaration of Peace for the New Year

This article was released by the Wrights 2012 Campaign, for which I am currently the webmaster. —- “Be always at ...

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News

New Jersey proposes legislation to restrict TSA pat-downs and scanners

New Jersey State Senator Mike Doherty (R-23) introduced three pieces of legislation that will limit the power of the TSA ...

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History

Defending Freedom and the Free Society

Originally by Edmund Opitz, published in the January 1993 edition of The Freeman. —- Countless generations of men have lived ...

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Theology

Biblical Roots of American Liberty

Originally by Edmund Opitz in the July 1991 (41) edition of The Freeman. —- The First Amendment to the Constitution ...

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Christian Worldview

Narnians Hate the State Too!

David Theroux, Founder and President of the Independent Institute, President of the C.S. Lewis Society of California, and friend of ...

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Appearances

The Doctrine of a Christian Warmonger

Today we continue the podcast series of the Christianity and War Audiobook, by Laurence Vance, with the essay “The Doctrine ...

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Theology

How to Promote Peace in Your Church

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but it is for a good reason. I’ve been carefully writing this article ...

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News

New Copyright Rules Released

Intellectual property, especially copyright and patents, is purely fictitious, a construction of the State. Stephan Kinsella has definitively proved such ...

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Theology

Theological Traditions

Many people do not like the word “tradition.” It holds connotations of oldness or stinginess, and in our modern way ...

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News

Mission Accomplished, Obama-Style

On January 23, 2009 a two-day-inaugurated President Obama ordered his first murder of Iraqis with Predator drones. Now, exactly sixteen ...

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Appearances

Podcast: War, Foreign Policy, and the Church (Part 2)

My apologies for being late with part 2 of “War, Foreign Policy, and the Church,” but life happens, you know? ...

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