Excursions into Libertarian Thought

George Smith discusses Kant’s attempt to justify objective moral principles and his views on when the use of coercion is... Read more

George Smith explains some fundamental features of Immanuel Kant’s moral and political theory.Originally published in es... Read more

George Smith discusses some good and bad influences that Ayn Rand’s ideas had on his own intellectual development.Origin... Read more

George Smith examines some of Rand’s claims about the beneficial influence of Aristotle’s ideas on the course of Western... Read more

George Smith discusses the issue of whether we should hold a philosopher responsible for the beliefs of those followers ... Read more

George Smith explains the views of Kant and Hegel on the history of philosophy, and explores whether moral judgments sho... Read more

Was Kant somehow responsible for the rise of Nazism? Smith explores two points of view on this issue.Originally publishe... Read more

George H. Smith discusses the mythological thinking that dominated Nazi ideology, as explained in Cassirer’s book The My... Read more

George Smith discusses whether we should hold a philosopher responsible for how other philosophers use his or her ideas.... Read more

George H. Smith explores Rand’s contention that America was sliding down a slippery slope to fascism.Originally publishe... Read more