Politics: Right

Libertarianism

Liberty, property and the minimal state.

editorial Hayek pick is editorial.

  1. On Liberty

    John Stuart Mill

    The harm principle, starting point for liberty talk.

    187 pp≈5 h●●○ Steady

    Read this first: Chapter 1 sets out the harm principle.

    Edition: Penguin Classics · ISBN 9780140432077

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  2. Second Treatise of Government

    John Locke

    Natural rights and property.

    153 pp≈4 h●●○ Steady

    Edition: Dover Publications · ISBN 9780486424644

    Get it at Bookshop.org (affiliate link)

  3. The Constitution of Liberty

    F. A. Hayek

    Spontaneous order and the rule of law.

    512 pp≈13 h●●● Demanding

    Edition: Routledge · ISBN 9780415404242

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  4. Anarchy, State, and Utopia

    Robert Nozick

    The philosophical case for the minimal state.

    384 pp≈10 h●●● Demanding

    Read this first: Part II, Chapter 7 holds the famous 'Wilt Chamberlain' argument.

    Edition: Perseus Books Group · ISBN 9780465051007

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Sources: r2