The libertarian approach is a very symmetrical one: the non-aggression principle does not rule out force, but only the initiation of force. In other …

- Stephan Kinsella

My basic approach is to recognize that mainstream legal theories of contract have been muddied by unlibertarian and positivistic conceptions of law a…

- Stephan Kinsella

The basis of self-ownership is the fact that each person has direct control over the scarce resource of his body and therefore has a better claim to …

- Stephan Kinsella

We must recognize that only scarce resources are ownable; second, that the body is a type of scarce resource; third, that the mode of acquiring title…

- Stephan Kinsella

The libertarian view is that human actors are self-owners and these self-owners are capable of appropriating unowned scarce resources by Lockean home…

- Stephan Kinsella

The Austrian theory of subjective value teaches us that there are many ways to incentivize or motivate or induce someone to commit an action for you:…

- Stephan Kinsella

I was always interested in science, truth, goodness and fairness. I have always been strongly individualistic and merit-oriented. This is probably be…

- Stephan Kinsella

Artists are just entrepreneurs. It's up to them to figure out how or if they can make a monetary profit from their passion − from their calling, as I…

- Stephan Kinsella

There are any number of models artists can use to profit off of their talent and artistry. It is not up to the state to protect them from competition…

- Stephan Kinsella