George H. Smith (1949-2022)

[Created: 23 February, 2023]
[Updated: 25 November, 2024]

About the Author

David Boaz's obituary: "George H. Smith. February 10, 1949 - April 8, 2022" [Online].

About the Texts

Not all texts are available in all formats. The "foundation text" is the facsimile PDF of the original book. Many of these are available in HTML, the early version of which was fairly simple. Current versions are available in "enhanced HTML" which includes the original page numbers and the "citation tool" and is in a more readable format for viewing online. A selection of the more important texts are part of the "Guillaumin Collection" of the great books about liberty and are also available in a variety of eBook formats, such as HTML, PDF, and ePub.

Clicking on the headings "DATE", and "TITLE" will sort the table accordingly. A second click will reverse the order.

 

Key:

  • Article = a single article on a topic
  • Book = a collection of essays or extracts published by LibOrg
  • Ec = economics
  • H = history
  • HI = history of ideas
  • Lecture = a video of a lecture
  • Po = political thought
  • Ph = philosophy
  • Series = a series of essays on the same topic
  • Various
  • Audio = a podcast of a discussion

 


 

Texts in the Collection

 

  DATE TITLE SUBJECT PERIOD TYPE FORMAT
  1977.02.01 The Literature of Free Thought (1977.02.01) [Online] HI Various Article HTML
  1981.05.15 The Foundation for Libertarianism: Ethics or Economics? (1981.05.15) - A debate with David Friedman. YouTube Turney Collection. [Online] Ph Various Lecture Video
  1981.06.16 Do Children Have Rights? (1981.06.16) - YouTube Turney Collection [Online] Ph Various Lecture Video
  1981.10.01 State Education and the 19th Century Voluntaryist Movement (1981.10.01) - lecture from a Center for Libertarian Studies conference in 1981 [Online] H 19thC Lecture Video
  1983.01.15 The Origins and Purpose of State Schooling (1983.01.15) - YouTube Turney Collection [Online] H Various Lecture Video
  1983.06.01

American History with George Smith

George H. Smith’s lecture series on American history, given at Dartmouth College in 1983 at one of the first Cato Summer Seminars. In "The Turney Collection" at Youtube.

  1. American History, Part One (1983.06.01) [Online]
  2. American History, Part Two (1983.06.01) [Online]
  3. American History, Part Three (1983.06.01) [Online]
H 18thC Lecture Video
  1983.06.01

American History with George Smith

  1. American History, Part One (1983.06.01) - in "The Turney Collection" at Youtube. George H. Smith’s lecture series on American history, given at Dartmouth College in 1983 at one of the first Cato Summer Seminars [Online]
  2. American History, Part Two (1983.06.01) [Online]
  3. American History, Part Three (1983.06.01) [Online]
H Various Series Video
  1985.01.14 The Success of America's Public School System (1985.01.14) - YouTube Turney Collection. [Online] H 19thC Lecture Video
  1996.01.01

Cato Home Study Course

  1. The Cato Home Study Course, Vol. 1: The Ideas of Liberty (1996.01.01) - YouTube [Online]
  2. The Cato Home Study Course, Vol. 2: John Locke's Two Treatises of Government (1987.01.01) - YouTube [Online]
  3. The Cato Home Study Course, Vol. 2: John Locke's Two Treatises of Government (1987.01.01) - YouTube [Online]
  4. The Cato Home Study Course, Vol. 3 Part 1: Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1987.01.01) - YouTube [Online]
  5. The Cato Home Study Course, Vol. 8 Part 1: John Stuart Mill's On Liberty (1987.01.01) - YouTube [Online]
  6. The Cato Home Study Course, Vol. 3 Part 2: Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence (1987.01.01) - YouTube [Online]
  7. The Cato Home Study Course, Vol. 4: Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, Part 1 (1985.01.01) - YouTube [Online]
  8. The Cato Home Study Course, Vol. 4: Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, Part 2 (1985.01.01) - Youtube [Online]
  9. The Cato Home Study Course, Vol. 6: The Constitution of the United States of America (1987.01.01) - YouTube [Online]
  10. The Cato Home Study Course, Vol. 8 Part 1: John Stuart Mill's On Liberty (1985.01.01) - with David Gordon [Online]
  11. The Cato Home Study Course, Vol. 10: The Achievements of Nineteenth Century Classical Liberalism (1997.01.01) - Youtube [Online]
  12. The Cato Home Study Course, Vol. 12: The Modern Quest for Liberty (1997.01.01) - YouTube [Online]
Po Various Series Video
  1996.07.20 George H. Smith on the Moral Right to Resist Authority (1996.07.20) [Online] Po Various Lecture Video
  2008.01

The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism - articles by George Smith

The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, ed. Ronald Hamowy (Los Angeles: Sage, 2008. A Project of the Cato Institute). Smith wrote 24 articles:

  1. Abolitionism, pp. 1-2 [Online]
  2. Aquinas, Thomas (c. 1225-1274), p. 18 [Online]
  3. Buckle, Henry Thomas (1821-1862), pp. 41-42 - [Online]
  4. Cantillon, Richard, pp. 47-48 [Online]
  5. Conscience, pp. 88-89 [Online]
  6. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, pp. 115-17 [Online]
  7. Equality, p. 154-56 [Online]
  8. Existentialism, pp. 161-62 [Online]
  9. Freedom of Thought, p. 185-87 [Online]
  10. Hodgskin, Thomas (1787-1869), pp. 227-28 [Online]
  11. Hutcheson, Francis, pp. 231-32 [Online]
  12. Individualism, Methodological, pp. 239-41 [Online]
  13. Mandeville, Bernard (1670-1733), pp. 314-15 [Online]
  14. Mercantilism, pp. 326-28 [Online]
  15. Oppenheimer, Franz (1864-1943), pp. 364-65 [Online]
  16. Philosophic Radicals, pp. 376-78 [Online]
  17. Physiocracy, pp. 378-79 [Online]
  18. Praxeology, pp. 387-88 [Online]
  19. Progress, pp. 396-98 [Online]
  20. Religion and Liberty, pp. 420-22 [Online]
  21. Senior, Nassau William (1790-1864), pp. 457-58 [Online]
  22. Shaftesbury, Third Earl of (1671-1713), p. 462 [Online]
  23. Social Darwinism, pp. 472-74 [Online]
  24. Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903), pp. 483-85 [Online]
Various Various Article HTML
  2011.11.03 Religious Toleration Versus Religious Freedom (2011.11.03) [Online] Ph Various Article HTML
  2011.11.08

The Declaration of Independence

  1. "That Audacious Document": Notes on the Declaration of Independence (2011.11.08) [Online]
  2. Was Thomas Jefferson a Plagiarist? (2011.11.15) [Online]
  3. The Philosophy of the Declaration of Independence: Part 1 (2011.11.22) [Online]
  4. The Philosophy of the Declaration of Independence: Part 2 (2011.11.29) [Online]
HI 18thC Series HTML
  2011.12.06

The American Revolution

  1. Americans with Attitudes: Smuggling in Colonial America (2011.12.06) [Online]
  2. Liberty and Property!" The Sons of Liberty and Resistance to the Stamp Act Part 1 (2011.12.13) [Online]
  3. The Sons of Liberty and Resistance to the Stamp Act, Part Two (2011.12.20) [Online]
  4. A Misunderstanding, the Townshend Act, and More Trouble in the American Colonies (2011.12.29) [Online]
  5. The Boston Massacre (2012.01.03) [Online]
  6. Committees of Correspondence and the Road to American Independence (2012.01.10) [Online]
  7. The Boston Tea Party (2012.01.17) [Online]
  8. The Coercive Acts and Their Theoretical Significance (2012.01.24) [Online]
  9. Fingering the King on the Road to Independence (2012.01.31) [Online]
  10. Monopolies, Mercantilism, Illegal Buttons, and Saltpeter Men (2012.02.07) [Online]
Hi 18thC Series HTML
  2012.02.14

The Roots of State Education

  1. The Roots of State Education Part 1: The Spartan Model (2012.02.14) [Online]
  2. The Roots of State Education Part 2: Plato's Case Against Free-Market Education (2012.02.21) [Online]
  3. The Roots of State Education Part 3: Aristotle and Civic Virtue (2012.02.28) [Online]
HI Various Series HTML
  2012.03.06

Critics of State Education

  1. Critics of State Education Part 1: Joseph Priestley (2012.03.06) [Online]
  2. Critics of State Education Part 2: The British Voluntaryists (2012.03.13) [Online]
  3. Critics of State Education Part 3: The Problem of Indoctrination and the Need for Diversity (2012.03.20) [Online]
  4. Critics of State Education Part 4: A Free Market in Education (2012.03.27) [Online]
HI Various Series HTML
  2012.04.03

Thomas Jefferson on Public Education

  1. Thomas Jefferson on Public Education, Part 1 (2012.04.03) [Online]
  2. Thomas Jefferson on Public Education, Part 2 (2012.05.01) [Online]
HI 18thC Series HTML
  2012.04.10

Barack Obama, Social Darwinism, and Survival of the Fittest

  1. Barack Obama, Social Darwinism, and Survival of the Fittest, Part 1 (2012.04.10) [Online]
  2. Barack Obama, Social Darwinism, and Survival of the Fittest, Part 2 (2012.0417) [Online]
  3. Barack Obama, Social Darwinism, and Survival of the Fittest, Part 3 (2012.04.24) [Online]
HI 21stC Series HTML
  2012.05

Thomas Hodgskin: Libertarian Extraordinaire

  1. Thomas Hodgskin: Libertarian Extraordinaire, Part 1 (2012.05.29) [Online]
  2. Thomas Hodgskin: Libertarian Extraordinaire, Part 2 (2012.06.05) [Online]
  3. Thomas Hodgskin: Libertarian Extraordinaire, Part 3 (2012.06.12) [Online]
  4. Thomas Hodgskin: Libertarian Extraordinaire, Part 4 (2012.06.19) [Online]
HI 19thC Series HTML
  2012.05.08

Neoconservatism Versus Libertarianism

  1. Neoconservatism Versus Libertarianism, Part 1 (2012.05.08) [Online]
  2. Neoconservatism Versus Libertarianism, Part 2 (2012.05.15) [Online]
  3. Neoconservatism Versus Libertarianism, Part 3 (2012.05.22) [Online]
Po 21stC Series HTML
  2012.06.26 Jeremy Bentham’s Attack on Natural Rights (2012.06.26) [Online] Ph 18thC Article HTML
  2012.07.03) Thomas Hodgskin Versus Jeremy Bentham (2012.07.03) [Online] HI 19thC Article HTML
  2012.07.10

From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer

  1. From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 1 (2012.07.10) [Online]
  2. From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 2 (2012.07.17) [Online]
  3. From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 3 (2012.07.24) [Online]
  4. From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 4 (2012.07.31) [Online]
  5. From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 5 (2012.08.07) [Online]
  6. From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 6 (2012.08.14) [Online]
  7. From Optimism to Pessimism: The Case of Herbert Spencer, Part 7 (2012.08.21) [Online]
HI 19thC Series HTML
  2012.09

Introducing Anarchism & Justice, by Roy A. Childs, Jr.

The introduction to a collection of essays by Roy Childs entitled Anarchism and Justice edited by George Smith. The volume is available in various eBook formats and includes the following essays:

  1. Anarchism and Justice
  2. Objectivism and the State: An Open Letter to Ayn Rand
  3. The Epistemological Basis of Anarchism: An Open Letter to Objectivists and Libertarians
  4. The Invisible Hand Strikes Back
  5. Anarchist Illusions

Smith's introduction is avaiable online:

  1. Introducing Anarchism & Justice, by Roy A. Childs, Jr., Part 1 (2012.09.18) [Online]
  2. Introducing Anarchism & Justice, by Roy A. Childs, Jr., Part 2 (2012.09.25) [Online]
  3. Introducing Anarchism & Justice, by Roy A. Childs, Jr., Part 3 (2012.10.02) [Online]
  4. Introducing Anarchism & Justice, by Roy A. Childs, Jr., Part 4 (2012.10.09) [Online]
  5. Introducing Anarchism & Justice, by Roy A. Childs, Jr., Part 5 (2012.10.16) [Online]
Po 20th Article eBooks
  2012.09.11 Jack and Jill and Two Kinds of Freedom (2012.09.11) [Online] Po Various Article HTML
  2012.09.21 Remembering Roy Childs. Originally appeared in Liberty Magazine, July 1992. [Online] Po 20thC Article HTML
  2012.10.23

Ayn Rand and Altruism

  1. Ayn Rand and Altruism, Part 1 (2012.10.23) [Online]
  2. Ayn Rand and Altruism, Part 2 (2012.10.30) [Online]
  3. Ayn Rand and Altruism, Part 3 (2012.11.06) [Online]
  4. Ayn Rand and Altruism, Part 4 (2012.11.13) [Online]
  5. Ayn Rand and Altruism, Part 5 (2012.11.20) [Online]
HI 20thC Series HTML
  2012.12.11

Negative and Positive Liberty

  1. Negative and Positive Liberty (2012.12.11) [Online]
  2. Negative and Positive Liberty, Part 2 (2012.12.18) [Online]
Po Various Series HTML
  2013.01

Freedom, Rights, and Political Philosophy

  1. Freedom, Rights, and Political Philosophy, Part 1 (2013.01.29) [Online]
  2. Freedom, Rights, and Political Philosophy, Part 2 (2013.02.05) [Online]
  3. Freedom, Rights, and Political Philosophy, Part 3 (2013.02.12) [Online]
  4. Freedom, Rights, and Political Philosophy, Part 4 (2013.02.19) [Online]
  5. Freedom, Rights, and Political Philosophy, Part 5 (2013.02.26) [Online]
Po Various Series HTML
  2013.01.22 Negative and Positive Liberty: Some Historical Reflections (2013.01.22) [Online] Ph Various Article HTML
  2013.03.05

Lord Acton and the History of Liberty

  1. Lord Acton and the History of Liberty, Part 1 (2013.03.05) [Online]
  2. Lord Acton and the History of Liberty, Part 2 (2013.03.12) [Online]
  3. Lord Acton and the History of Liberty, Part 3 (2013.03.19) [Online]
HI 19thC Series HTML
  2013.03.28 Notes on Persecution and Toleration in the History of Christianity (2013.03.28) [Online] HI Various Article HTML
  2013.04.02

Ludwig von Mises and Economic Calculation Under Socialism

  1. Ludwig von Mises and Economic Calculation Under Socialism, Part 1 (2013.04.02) [Online]
  2. Ludwig von Mises and Economic Calculation Under Socialism, Part 2 (2013.04.09) [Online]
Ec 20thC Series HTML
  2013.04.16

Defending the Non-Aggression Principle: A Reply to Matt Zwolinski

  1. Defending the Non-Aggression Principle: A Reply to Matt Zwolinski, Part 1 (2013.04.16) [Online]
  2. Defending the Non-Aggression Principle: A Reply to Matt Zwolinski Part 2 (2013.04.23) [Online]
  3. Defending the Non-Aggression Principle: A Reply to Matt Zwolinski Part 3 (2013.04.30) [Online]
  4. Defending the Non-Aggression Principle: A Reply to Matt Zwolinski Part 4 (2013.05.07) [Online]
  5. Defending the Non-Aggression Principle: A Reply to Matt Zwolinski Part 5 (2013.05.14) [Online]
Po Various Series HTML
  2013.05

Among My Favorites: History of Civilization in England, by H. T. Buckle

  1. Among My Favorites: History of Civilization in England, by H. T. Buckle, Part 1 (2013.05.21) [Online]
  2. Among My Favorites: History of Civilization in England, by H. T. Buckle, Part 2 (2013.06.11) [Online]
  3. Among My Favorites: History of Civilization in England, by H. T. Buckle, Part 3 (2013.06.18) [Online]
  4. Among My Favorites: History of Civilization in England, by H. T. Buckle, Part 4 (2013.06.25) [Online]
HI 19thC Series HTML
  2013.05.28

Natural Rights and the Moral Foundations of Libertarianism

  1. Natural Rights and the Moral Foundations of Libertarianism, Part 1 (2013.05.28) [Online]
  2. Natural Rights and the Moral Foundations of Libertarianism, Part 2 (2013.06.04) [Online]
Ph Various Series HTML
  2013.07.02

Herbert Spencer, Henry George, and the Land Question

  1. Herbert Spencer, Henry George, and the Land Question, Part 1 (2013.07.02) [Online]
  2. Herbert Spencer, Henry George, and the Land Question, Part 2 (2013.07.09) [Online]
  3. Herbert Spencer, Henry George, and the Land Question, Part 3 (2013.07.16) [Online]
  4. Herbert Spencer, Henry George, and the Land Question, Part 4 (2013.07.23) [Online]
  5. Herbert Spencer, Henry George, and the Land Question, Part 5 (2013.07.30) [Online]
  6. Herbert Spencer, Henry George, and the Land Question, Part 6 (2013.08.06) [Online]
HI 19thC Series HTML
  2013.08.13

Thomas Hodgskin Versus Herbert Spencer

  1. Thomas Hodgskin Versus Herbert Spencer, Part 1 (2013.08.13) [Onlne]
  2. Thomas Hodgskin Versus Herbert Spencer, Part 2 (2013.08.20) [Onlne]
  3. Thomas Hodgskin Versus Herbert Spencer, Part 3 (2013.08.27) [Onlne]
HI 19thC Series HTML
  2013.09.03

A Gossipy Interlude: George Eliot, Herbert Spencer, and John Chapman

  1. A Gossipy Interlude: George Eliot, Herbert Spencer, and John Chapman, Part 1 (2013.09.03) [Online]
  2. A Gossipy Interlude: George Eliot, Herbert Spencer, and John Chapman, Part 2 (2013.09.10) [Onllne]
  3. A Gossipy Interlude: George Eliot, Herbert Spencer, and John Chapman, Part 3 (2013.09.17) [Onllne]
HI 19thC Series HTML
  2013.09.16

A History of Libertarian Ideas

  1. A History of Libertarian Ideas, Part 1 (2013.09.16) [Online]
  2. A History of Libertarian Ideas, Part 2: Liberty of Conscience (2013.10.06) [Online]
  3. A History of Libertarian Ideas, Part 3: Property Rights (2013.11.27) [Online]
HI Various Series Video
  2013.09.24

The Other Adam Smith

  1. The Other Adam Smith, Part 1 (2013.09.24) [Online]
  2. The Other Adam Smith, Part 2 (2013.10.01) [Online]
  3. The Other Adam Smith, Part 3 (2013.10.08) [Online]
  4. The Other Adam Smith, Part 4 (2013.10.15) [Online]
  5. The Other Adam Smith, Part 5 (2013.10.22) [Online]
HI 18thC Series HTML
  2013.10.29 The Culture of Liberty: Wilhelm von Humboldt (2013.10.29) [Online] HI 18thC Article HTML
  2013.11.05

The Human Sciences

  1. What are the Human Sciences? (2013.11.05) [Online]
  2. Methodology of the Human Sciences (2013.11.12) [Online]
Ph Various Series HTML
  2013.11.19

Tracking Freedom with the Human Sciences

  1. Tracking Freedom with the Human Sciences, Part 1 (2013.11.19) [Online]
  2. Tracking Freedom with the Human Sciences, Part 2 (2013.11.26) [Online]
Ph Various Series HTML
  2013.11.19

Tracking Freedom with the Human Sciences

  1. Tracking Freedom with the Human Sciences, Part 1 (2013.11.19) [Online]
  2. Tracking Freedom with the Human Sciences, Part 2 (2013.11.26) [Online]
Po 20thC Series HTML
  2013.12.03

State and Society

  1. State and Society, Part 1 (2013.12.03) [Online]
  2. State and Society, Part 2 (2013.12.10) [Online]
  3. State and Society, Part 3 (2013.12.17) [Online]
Po 20thC Series HTML
  2014.01.03 Ideas, Human Action, and Social Change (2014.01.03) [Online] Ph Various Article HTML
  2014.01.17 Value Judgments and the Human Sciences (2014.01.10) [Online] Po Various Article HTML
  2014.01.17 The Lust for Power (2014.01.17) [Online] Po Various Article HTML
  2014.01.24

Rudolf Rocker and the Will to Power

  1. Rudolf Rocker and the Will to Power, Part 1 (2014.01.24) [Online]
  2. Rudolf Rocker and the Will to Power, Part 2 (2014.01.31) [Online]
Po 20thC Series HTML
  2014.02

Intellectuals and Libertarianism

  1. Intellectuals and Libertarianism: F. A. Hayek (2014.02.28) [Online]
  2. Intellectuals and Libertarianism: Thomas Sowell and Robert Nisbet (2014.03.07) [Online]
Po 20thC Series HTML
  2014.02.07

Toward an Interdisciplinary Study of Liberty

  1. Toward an Interdisciplinary Study of Liberty, Part 1 (2014.02.07) [Online]
  2. Toward an Interdisciplinary Study of Liberty, Part 2 (2014.02.21) [Online]
Po 21stC Series HTML
  2014.02.28

Intellectuals and Libertarianism

  1. Intellectuals and Libertarianism: F. A. Hayek (2014.02.28) [Online]
  2. Intellectuals and Libertarianism: Thomas Sowell and Robert Nisbet (2014.03.07) [Online]
HI 20thC Series HTML
  2014.03.14

Edmund Burke, Intellectuals, and the French Revolution

  1. Edmund Burke, Intellectuals, and the French Revolution, Part 1 (2014.03.14) [Online]
  2. Edmund Burke, Intellectuals, and the French Revolution, Part 2 (2014.03.21) [Online]
  3. Edmund Burke, Intellectuals, and the French Revolution, Part 3 (2014.03.28) [Online]
  4. Edmund Burke, Intellectuals, and the French Revolution, Part 4 (2014.04.04) [Online]
  5. Edmund Burke, Intellectuals, and the French Revolution, Part 5 (2014.04.11) [Online]
  6. Edmund Burke, Intellectuals, and the French Revolution, Part 6 (2014.04.18) [Online]
HI 18thC Series HTML
  2014.04

A History of Libertarian Ideas

  1. A History of Libertarian Ideas, Part 1 (2013.09.16) [Online]
  2. A History of Libertarian Ideas, Part 2: Liberty of Conscience (2013.10.06) [Online]
  3. A History of Libertarian Ideas, Part 3: Property Rights (2013.11.27) [Online]
HI Various Lecture Video
  2014.04.25

Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke

  1. Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 1 (2014.04.25) [Online]
  2. Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 2 (2014.05.02) [Online]
  3. Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 3 (2014.05.09) [Online]
  4. Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 4 (2014.05.16) [Online]
  5. Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 5 (2014.05.23) [Online]
  6. Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 6 (2014.05.30) [Online]
  7. Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 7 (2014.06.06) [Online]
  8. Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 8 (2014.06.13) [Online]
  9. Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 9 (2014.06.20) [Online]
  10. Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 10 (2014.07.11) [Online]
  11. Thomas Paine Versus Edmund Burke, Part 11 (2014.07.18) [Online]
Po 18thC Series HTML
  2014.07.03 Independence Day: What is There to Celebrate? (2014.07.03) [Online] Po Various Article HTML
  2014.07.25

Social Laws

  1. Social Laws, Part 1 (2014.07.25) [Online]
  2. Social Laws, Part 2 (2014.08.01) [Online]
  3. Social Laws, Part 3 (2014.08.08) [Online]
  4. Social Laws, Part 4 (2014.08.22) [Online]
  5. Social Laws, Part 5 (2014.08.29) [Online]
  6. Social Laws, Part 6 (2014.09.05) [Online]
  7. Social Laws, Part 7 (2014.09.12) [Online]
  8. Social Laws, Part 8 (2014.09.19) [Online]
  9. Social Laws, Part 9 (2014.09.26) [Online]
  10. Social Laws, Part 10 (2014.10.10) [Online]
Po Various Series HTML
  2014.10.17

Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism

  1. Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism: Shaftesbury, Part 1 (2014.10.17) [Online]
  2. Self- Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism: Political Philosophy and Justice, Part 2 (2014.10.24) [Online]
  3. Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism: David Hume, Part 3 (2014.10.31) [Online]
  4. Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism: David Hume on Justice, Part 4 (2014.11.07) [Online]
  5. Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism: Thomas Hobbes, Part 5 (2014.11.21) [Online]
  6. Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism: The Selfish System, Part 6 (2014.12.05) [Online]
  7. Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism: Joseph Butler, Part 7 (2014.12.12) [Online]
  8. Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism: Joseph Butler, Continued, Part 8 (2014.12.19) [Online]
  9. Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism: Bernard Mandeville, Part 9 (2015.01.09) [Online]
  10. Self- Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism: Mandeville on the Benefits of Vice, Part 10 (2015.01.16) [Online]
  11. Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism: Bernard Mandeville v. Francis Hutcheson, Part 11 (2015.01.23) [Online]
Po Various Series HTML
  2014.11.14 A Third Anniversary Cerebration (2014.11.14) - 150 essays [Online] Po Various Article HTML
  2015.01.30

Freethought and Freedom

  1. Freethought and Freedom: Introduction, Part 1 (2015.01.30) [Online]
  2. Freethought and Freedom: Atheism, Morality, and Civic Virtue, Part 2 (2015.02.06) [Online]
  3. Freethought and Freedom: Augustine’s Case for Righteous Persecution, Part 3 (2015.02.13) [Online]
  4. Freethought and Freedom: The Problem of Heresy, Part 4 (2015.02.20) [Online]
  5. Freethought and Freedom: Aquinas, Luther, and Calvin on Persecution, Part 5 (2015.02.27) [Online]
  6. Freethought and Freedom: Shaftesbury on the Value of Ridicule, Part 6 (2015.03.06) [Online]
  7. Freethought and Freedom: How Freethinkers Attempted to Avoid Persecution, Part 7 (2015.03.13) [Online]
  8. Freethought and Freedom: The English Deists, Part 8 (2015.03.20) [Online]
  9. Freethought and Freedom: Deism, The Age of Reason, and Richard Carlile, Part 9 (2015.03.27) [Online]
  10. Freethought and Freedom: Miracles and Edward Gibbon, Part 10 (2015.04.10) [Online]
  11. Freethought and Freedom: John Toland and the Nature of Reason, Part 11 (2015.04.17) [Online]
  12. Freethought and Freedom: The Politics of Deism, Part 12 (2015.04.24) [Online]
  13. Freethought and Freedom: Skepticism, Part 13 (2015.05.01) [Online]
  14. Freethought and Freedom: Francis Bacon and the Rise of Secularism, Part 14 (2015.05.15) [Online]
  15. Freethought and Freedom: Benedict Spinoza, Part 15 (2015.05.22) [Online]
  16. Freethought and Freedom: Spinoza on the Bible, Part 16 (2015.05.29) [Online]
  17. Freethought and Freedom: Spinoza on Freedom of Religion and Speech, Part 17 (2015.07.10) [Online]
  18. Freethought and Freedom: Spinoza’s Political Theory, Part 18 (2015.97.17) [Online]
  19. Freethought and Freedom: A Critique of Spinoza, Part 19 (2015.07.24) [Online]
  20. Freethought and Freedom: Jean Meslier, Part 20 (2015.07.31) [Online]
  21. Freethought and Freedom: Jean Meslier and the Catholic Church, Part 21 (2015.08.07) [Online]
  22. Freethought and Freedom: Jean Meslier and Christian Ethics, Part 22 (2015.08.14) [Online]
  23. Freethought and Freedom: The Political Theory of Jean Meslier, Part 23 (2015.08.21) [Online]
  24. Freethought and Freedom: Jean Meslier on Property, Part 24 (2015.09.04) [Online]
  25. Freethought and Freedom: The Christian Theory of Property, Part 25 (2015.09.11) [Online]
  26. Freethought and Freedom: Early Christianity and the Modern Libertarian Movement, Part 26 (2015.09.18) [Online]
  27. Freethought and Freedom: The Secularization of Private Property, Part 27 (2015.09.25) [Online]
  28. Freethought and Freedom: Private Property and Natural Law, Part 28 (2015.10.02) [Online]
  29. Freethought and Freedom: The Secularization of Private Property, Part 29 (2015.09.25) [Online]
Po Various Series HTML
  2015.04.07

Individualism: A Reader

Individualism: A Reader. Edited by George H. Smith and Marilyn Moore. Introduction by George H. Smith (Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2015). The book is available in a variety of eBook formats. [Online]

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  2015.07.03 Reflections on Freedom of Religion (2015.07.03) [Online] Po Various Article HTML
  2015.10.19

John Locke

  1. John Locke: The Justification of Private Property (2015.10.19) [Online]
  2. John Locke: Hermeneutics and Labor (2015.10.23) [Online]
  3. John Locke: Some Problems in Locke’s Theory of Private Property ((2015.10.30) [Online]
  4. John Locke: Some Qualifications in Locke’s Theory of Property (2015.11.06) [Online]
  5. John Locke: Money and Private Property (2015.11.20) [Online]
  6. John Locke: In Search of the Radical Locke (2015.12.04) [Online]
  7. John Locke: A Leveller Connection? (2015.12.18) [Online]
HI 17thC Series HTML
  2016.01.08

Fascism

  1. Ayn Rand on Fascism (2016.01.08) [Online]
  2. Ernst Cassirer on Fascism and National Socialism (2016.01.29) [Online]
  3. Immanuel Kant and Nazism (2016.02.05) [Online]
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  2016.02.12

Ayn Rand and the History of Philosophy

  1. Ayn Rand and the History of Philosophy (2016.02.12) [Online]
  2. Some Reflections on the History of Philosophy (2016.02.19) [Online]
  3. On the Influence of Ideas (2016.02.26) [Online]
  4. Ayn Rand on Aristotle (2016.03.04) [Online]
  5. Some Personal Reflections on Ayn Rand (2016.04.01) [Online]
  6. A Few Kind Words about the Most Evil Man in Mankind’s History (2016.04.08) [Online]
  7. Immanuel Kant and the Natural Law Tradition (2016.04.15) [Online]
  8. Immanuel Kant’s Theory of Justice (2016.04.22) [Online]
  9. Immanuel Kant, the Social Contract, and the State (2016.04.29) [Online]
  10. Immanuel Kant on Property Rights (2016.05.06) [Online]
  11. Immanuel Kant on Our Duty to Obey Government (2016.05.23) [Online]
  12. Immanuel Kant on Spontaneous Order (2016.06.10) [Online]
  13. Immanuel Kant on War and Peace (2016.06.20) [Online]
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  2016.06.24

Some Basic Problems in Ethics

  1. Belief and Moral Judgment (2016.06.24) [Online]
  2. Some Basic Problems in Ethics (2016.07.01) [Online]
  3. Neo-Thomism and the Virtue of Reasonableness (2016.07.08) [Online]
  4. Why Should I Be Moral? (2016.07.15) [Online]
  5. Moral Obligation and Personal Commitment (2016.07.21) [Online]
  6. Values and Facts (2016.08.05) [Online]
  7. Do We Have a Moral Sense? (2016.08.15) [Online]
  8. Reason and Ethics (2016.08.26) [Online]
  9. Back to the Ethics of Belief (2016.09.16) [Online]
  10. Do We Have a Moral Obligation to be Rational? (2016.09.30) [Online]
  11. Belief and Doubt (2016.10.07) [Online]
  12. The Moral Implications of Beliefs (2016.10.14) [Online]
  13. Roaring Dinosaurs and Incorrect Beliefs (2016.10.28) [Online]
  14. Authorities and Fallibility (2016.11.04) [Online]
  15. Concluding Remarks on Fallibility and the Moral Implications of Beliefs (2016.11.11) [Online]
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  2016.11.18

How to Argue for Libertarianism

  1. How to Argue for Libertarianism (2016.11.18) [Online]
  2. How Not to Make a Fool of Yourself in Arguments (2016.12.16) [Online]
Ph Various Series HTML
  2017.01

Freethought and Freedom. The Essays of George H. Smith

Freethought and Freedom. The Essays of George H. Smith (Washington, D.C., 2017). A collection of 27 essays which originally appeared on LibOrg. The book is avaialble in a variety of eBook formats.

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  2017.01.13

Abolitionism and Self-Ownership

  1. Abolitionism and Self-Ownership (2017.01.13) [Online]
  2. Abolitionism: Wendell Phillips on Voting and Political Action (2017.01.20) [Online]
  3. Abolitionism: The Schism Over Voting (2017.01.27) [Online]
  4. Abolitionism, Violence, and How William Lloyd Garrison was Almost Killed by a Mob (2017.02.10) [Online]
  5. Can Abolitionists Vote or Take Office under the United States Constitution? (2017.02.17) [Online]
  6. More on Wendell Phillips and Anti-Political Abolitionism (2017.02.24) [Online]
  7. Abolitionism and Modern Voluntaryism (2017.03.24) [Online]
  8. Anarchism Versus Limited Government Abolitionism (2017.04.04) [Online]
  9. Final Comments on Wendell Phillips and Non-Voting (2017.04.07) [Online]
  10. Abolitionism: Slavery as Sin (2017.04.14) [Online]
  11. Abolitionism, Prohibition, and the Whig Party (2017.04.17) [Online]
  12. Gerrit Smith, Lysander Spooner, and Dio Lewis on Prohibition (2017.04.21) [Online]
  13. Dio Lewis on Lysander Spooner and Prohibition (2017.04.28) [Online]
  14. Lysander Spooner on Vices and Crimes (2017.05.05) [Online]
  15. [More on Lysander Spooner, Vices, and Crimes (2017.05.19) [Online]
  16. Some Background on the Prohibition Movement (2017.05.26) [Online]
  17. Lysander Spooner’s Moral Theory (2017.06.02) [Online]
  18. Concluding Remarks on Vices are not Crimes (2017.06.16) [Online]
  19. The Constitution and Slavery (2017.06.23) [Online]
  20. Lysander Spooner on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery [Online]
  21. Are Judges Bound to Enforce Unjust Laws? (2017.07.28) [Online]
  22. [Lysander Spooner on Natural Law (2017.08.18) [Online]
  23. An Overview of Some Proslavery Arguments (2017.08.25) [Online]
  24. Constitutional Controversies (2017.09.15) [Online]
  25. Slavery in the Constitutional Convention (2017.09.22) [Online]
  26. The Slave Trade and the Constitution (2017.09.29) [Online]
  27. Debates on the Slave Trade during the Constitutional Convention (2017.10.06) [Online]
  28. [Back to Lysander Spooner (2017.10.20) [Online]
  29. Lysander Spooner and the Right of Resistance (2017.10.27) [Online]
  30. Lysander Spooner on the Philosophy of Law (2017.11.03) [Online]
  31. Lysander Spooner on Constitutional Interpretation (2017.11.17) [Online]
  32. Lysander Spooner on the Fiction of a Social Contract (2017.12.08) [Online]
  33. Lysander Spooner’s Rules for Interpreting the Constitution (2018.01.05) [Online]
  34. The Quotable Lysander Spooner (2018.01.12) [Online]
  35. Abraham Lincoln and the Abolitionists (2018.01.19) [Online]
  36. The Abolitionists on the Right of Secession (2018.02.02) [Online]
  37. Garrison on the Civil War and Conscription (2018.02.16) [Online]
  38. Conflicts among Peace Advocates during the Civil War (2018.02.23) [Online]
  39. Garrison on the Right of Secession (2018.03.02) [Online]
  40. Gradualism and the Republican Party (2018.03.16) [Online]
  41. More on Garrison and the Civil War 2018.03.23) [Online]
  42. Defenses of the Rig [Online]ht of Secession (2018.03.30) [Online]
  43. Moncure Conway’s Fall from Grace (2018.04.13) [Online]
  44. Defending Slavery by Attacking Capitalists (2018.04.27) [Online]
  45. Slavery as Socialism (2018.05.04) [Online]
  46. The Liberty Party (2018.05.14) [Online]
  47. James Birney: How a Southern Slave Owner Converted to Abolitionism (2018.08.03) [Online]
  48. James Birney, Colonization, and Abolitionism (2018.08.13) [Online]
  49. James Birney and the Psychology of Liberating Slaves (2018.08.21) [Online]
  50. A Review of Timothy Sandefur's Frederick Douglass: Self-Made Man (2018.10.19) [Online]
  51. William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass on Disunionism (2018.12.14) [Online]
Hi 19thC Series HTML
  2017.07.17

Freethought and Freedom

Freethought and Freedom. The Essays of George H. Smith (Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2017). The book is available in a variety of eBook formats. [Online]

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  2017.07.17

The American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence

The American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence. The Essays of George H. Smith (Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2017). The book is available in a variety of eBook formats. [Online]

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  2017.07.17

Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism

Self-Interest and Social Order in Classical Liberalism. The Essays of George H. Smith (Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2017). The book is available in a variety of eBook formats. [Online]

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  2017.08.04 Some Thoughts about Writing Essays (2017.08.04) [Online] Ph Various Article HTML
  2017.10.10

Critics of State Education: A Reader

Critics of State Education: A Reader. Edited by George H. Smith and Marilyn Moore. Introduction by George H. Smith (Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute, 2017). The book is available in a variety of eBook formats. [Online]

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  2018.06.11

A Justification of Natural Rights

  1. A Justification of Natural Rights (2018.06.11) [Online]
  2. Where Do Rights Come From? (2018.06.15) [Online]
  3. Criticisms of Natural Rights (2018.06.26) [Online]
  4. Concluding Remarks on Natural Rights (2018.07.02) [Online]
Ph Various Series HTML
  2018.09.21

Samuel Johnson

  1. Samuel Johnson: Hack Writer Extraordinaire (2018.09.21) [Online]
  2. Samuel Johnson and His Dictionary (2018.09.28) [Online]
  3. The Controversy over Samuel Johnson’s Royal Pension (2018.10.05) [Online]
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  2018.11.17 My Interview with Adam Smith (2018.11.17) [Online] Ec 18thC Article HTML
  2019.05.31

John Gray and the Myth of the Ayn Rand Cult

  1. John Gray and the Myth of the Ayn Rand Cult (2019.05.31) [Online]
  2. John Gray Mischaracterizes Nietzsche's Influence on Ayn Rand (2019.06.12) [Online]
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  2020.08.07 The Complicated Politics of John Adams (2020.08.07) [Online] HI 18thC Article HTML