KOL278 | Bob Murphy Show: Debating Hans Hoppe’s “Argumentation Ethics”




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Summary: Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 278.<br> <br> I was a guest on Episode 79 of The Bob Murphy Show, entitled "Stephan Kinsella and Bob Murphy Debate Hans Hoppe’s “Argumentation Ethics”. Back in June we discussed IP and related issues [KOL268 | Bob Murphy Show: Law Without the State, and the Illegitimacy of IP]. We had intended to discuss argumentation ethics but ran out of time. So we did it in this episode. I think it turned out very well.<br> <br> [Update: Ep. 86 Further Thoughts on Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethics and Essays on Praxeology ]<br> <br> From Bob's show notes:<br> By popular demand, Bob brings Stephan back on the podcast, this time to debate Hans Hoppe’s famous “argumentation ethics” case for libertarianism. Stephan defends Hoppe’s claim that any attempt to justify a NON-libertarian system would result in a performative contradiction, while Bob clarifies the argument and raises concerns about it.<br> <br> Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest:<br> <br> The YouTube video for this interview.<br> Hans Hoppe’s talk on argumentation ethics at his Property &amp; Freedom Society.<br> The 1988 Liberty symposium on Hoppe’s argumentation ethics.<br> Stephan Kinsella’s concise guide to Hoppe’s argument and its critics.<br> Bob Murphy and Gene Callahan’s critique of argumentation ethics in the Journal of Libertarian Studies, and Stephan Kinsella’s response.<br> Stephan’s earlier appearance on ep. 39 of the Bob Murphy Show, talking about private law and Intellectual Property.<br> Help support the Bob Murphy Show.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> See also:<br> <br> “Dialogical Arguments for Libertarian Rights,” in The Dialectics of Liberty (Lexington Books, 2019)<br> Hoppe’s Argumentation Ethics and Its Critics, StephanKinsella.com (Aug. 11, 2015)<br> Lecture 3 of my 2011 Mises Academy course, “The Social Theory of Hoppe” (slides here)<br> Lecture 2 of my 2011 Mises Academy course, “Libertarian Legal Theory: Property, Conflict, and Society” (slides here)<br> The Genesis of Estoppel: My Libertarian Rights Theory, StephanKinsella.com (March 22, 2016)<br> Defending Argumentation Ethics: Reply to Murphy &amp; Callahan, Anti-state.com (Sept. 19, 2002)<br> “Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide,” Mises Daily (May 27, 2011)