Libertarianism.org Guides
Summary: Libertarianism.org is the Cato Institute’s resource for exploring the theory, history, and practice of liberty. Taught by top professors and experts, Libertarianism.org Guides introduce the basic ideas and principles of a free and flourishing society. The core of each guide is a series of short lectures given in a small seminar setting accompanied by book, very often from the Libertarianism.org Introduction series. Guides also serve as a path to further learning. If you’d like to dig deeper, each Guide’s homepage offers reading lists, essays, and links to other helpful materials. Access and watch Libertarianism.org Guides anytime and anywhere, and all for free, at www.libertarianism.org.
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Podcasts:
Jason Brennan explains the political thought of John Rawls, one of the key figures in modern political philosophy.
Jason Brennan considers property rights: what they are, what justifies them, and what sorts of social problems they help avoid.
Jason Brennan discusses what rights are and contrasts rights-based thinking about ethics with utilitarian thinking.
What does “liberty” mean in a philosophical context? Jason Brennan parses out how the word is used.
The final course in this curriculum examines the rebirth of libertarian thought from the 1940s onward.
This audio course explores the contributions made to the understanding of liberty by the “Austrian” economists, mainly Ludwig von Mises and F. A. Hayek.
This audio course shows how classical liberalism developed in Europe and America in the nineteenth century.
William Lloyd Garrison said that slavery violates the fundamental right of all individuals to be free, and he dedicated his life to abolishing the practice.
Henry David Thoreau sought to live as a wholly free person in a world that was not wholly free. Learn more about his life in this audio course.
This course explores Mary Wollstonecraft’s arguments for the equal treatment of men and women by the state.
This course discusses the issues of equal rights, especially with reference to the flourishing of individuality and pluralism in a free society.
This module explains the background and meaning of each of the amendments in the Bill of Rights, as well as the debates over their ratification.
The historical background to the United States Constitution, the text of the Constitution itself, and the struggle over its ratification are discussed in detail.
This course continues the introduction of Adam Smith’s investigations of the natural laws of exchange in light of the “marginal revolution” of the 1870s.
This lesson in the Cato Home Study Course introduces The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith’s inquiry into the beneficial consequences of voluntary exchange.
