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 …
Tag: ethics
Decriminalization, Legalization, or Freedom?
In between drug prohibition and drug freedom are two concepts that are often confused. Drug prohibition is the criminalization of …
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, …
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 …
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. …
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. …
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 …
Instinct and Ethics
By Edmund Opitz, author of The Libertarian Theology of Freedom and Religion and Capitalism: Allies, Not Enemies. This essay was …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Government vs. The State
John Cobin, author of the great books Bible and Government and Christian Theology of Public Policy, has graciously agreed to …
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 …
“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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Biblical Roots of American Liberty
Originally by Edmund Opitz in the July 1991 (41) edition of The Freeman. —- The First Amendment to the Constitution …
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 LibertarianChristians.com has recently published a three-part series on the political philosophy of C.S. Lewis entitled “C.S. Lewis on Mere Liberty and Statism.” I highly recommend these articles for your reading (see the links following my synopsis).
Lewis, of course, is well-respected among Christians for his excellent stories and compelling explication of theology. Turns out he also favored liberty as a defining characteristic of civilized society. He reaches this conclusion through a consistent application of natural law.
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 …
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 …
New Copyright Rules Released
Intellectual property, especially copyright and patents, is purely fictitious, a construction of the State. Stephan Kinsella has definitively proved such …
Theological Traditions
Many people do not like the word “tradition.” It holds connotations of oldness or stinginess, and in our modern way …
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 months past his inauguration, Barack Obama has failed to live up to one of the simplest measurable campaign promises I can imagine, a complete pullout of Iraq in sixteen months. We haven’t seen one brigade returned home without another taking its place, in fact nearly all aspects of the Federal Government’s Middle East interventions continue to increase in scope.
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? …
Is Catholicism anti-Libertarian?
My good friend Daniel Coleman, who is Catholic and a libertarian, had an interesting email exchange with Dr. Tom Woods …