Category:Free Will and Moral Responsibility

May 15, 2023 | Post

Cognitive psychologists have long recognized that people overestimate the occurrence of rare events. But these heuristics are not without cost.

April 7, 2023 | Video

Chernobyl contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union. Could Covid do the same to the CCP in China? We assessed the timelines of the disasters, each’s political climate, and the response of each government. We also analyze why communist dictatorships like those in the USSR and China are inherently unstable. Referenced in this video […]

March 24, 2023 | Post

Alongside economic devastation and a mental health crisis, another legacy of lockdowns will be changed perceptions of the role of government

March 2, 2023 | Post

Across his many political coalitions, Murray Rothbard remained steadfast in his opposition to war and to American intervention abroad.

February 27, 2023 | Post

Ayn Rand, a celebrated author and philosopher, was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Known for her bestselling novels, such as The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, Rand’s ideas have had a profound impact on the fields of politics, economics, and philosophy.

August 25, 2022 | Post

Policies are not implemented in a sterile lab environment, they are implemented in the world as it exists now. If a policy increases liberty in some theoretical world, but decreases liberty in the present world, can we really consider it to be pro-liberty?

July 8, 2022 | Post

Friends of liberty are united by a common interest in peacefully building a freer society that champions liberty for all.

June 30, 2022 | Video

Another Pride Month full of celebrations all over the world has come and gone. If not for the FDA, there would’ve been hundreds of thousands more people celebrating. Its role during the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s was one of obstruction: simply put, the FDA made it harder for pharmaceutical companies to develop and market […]

June 23, 2022 | Post

Students For Liberty’s Director of Alumni Programs, Jorge Jraissati, gives his thoughts on the ideology of Vladimir Putin, its history, and its ongoing effects.

June 21, 2022 | Post

There’s a reason why Partygate, involving senior British politicians such as PM Boris Johnson, hits a particularly raw nerve with the public

June 18, 2022 | Video

With Juneteenth approaching and now a federal holiday, it’s clear the last decade’s nationwide protests against police violence were effective — at least to some extent. Of course, they stood on the shoulders of broader and even more successful movements: Abolition in the 19th century and Civil Rights in the 20th. What characteristics, if any, […]

May 3, 2022 | Video

No matter how or how often war is fought, the result is the same: it works out horribly for pretty much everyone involved. So in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s pertinent to ask: how do governments keep convincing people that war is in their best interests? This video seeks to answer that question, […]

April 4, 2022 | Post

Libertarians believe in negative rights and oppose infringements on people’s autonomy, but how does this work with cases of fraud?

March 31, 2022 | Post

Self-ownership is a key concept in libertarian ideology. It means exactly what it sounds like: the idea that every person owns themselves.

March 25, 2022 | Post

John Locke and David Hume are two thinkers who provided a robust defense of property rights, and their arguments are markedly different.

February 28, 2022 | Post

When we think of terms such as capitalism, individualism, or selfishness, one name comes to mind: Ayn Rand. But what makes Rand so significant?

February 26, 2022 | Video

As Vladimir Putin’s Russian troops immorally invade a sovereign nation, and with more bloodshed on the horizon, we spoke to Kevin Flanagan, SFL’s Director of Training & Engagement, currently living in Ukraine, about Putin’s power grab and the Ukranian mindset. We also spoke to Eglė Markevičiūtė, Students For Liberty’s Alumni and Vice-Minister of the Economy […]

February 17, 2022 | Video

As tensions rise between Ukraine and Russia, it can be easy to fall into the trap of picking sides. But there is no good side of war, and no good justification for it. 

War, in all its forms, is wrong. Even so-called “justified” wars have had horrific unintended consequences. 

With cameo appearances from Edwin Starr and George Carlin, this video lays out the Libertarian position on war in general, and Ukraine specifically. 

We spoke to Students For Liberty alum and CEO of the Ukrainian Institute for Economic Leadership Mykhailo Lavrovskyi about Vladimir Putin, the Revolution of Dignity, and what Ukrainian sovereignty should look like. 

January 13, 2022 | Post

As ideologues on the left and right push their demands, there is an alternative to the culture war: the presumption of liberty. Live and let live

December 16, 2021 | Video

If you feel constrained by the Democrat/Republican, liberal/conservative divide, you might be a Libertarian. And if that’s the case, Learn Liberty’s wide-ranging Philosophy 201 & 202 courses is for you.

In this introductory video, Peter Jaworski, Assistant Teaching Professor at Georgetown University, and Chris Freiman, Associate Professor at William and Mary University lay out a brief syllabus, defining Libertarianism as a political philosophy that regards individual liberty as the morally appropriate and legitimate priority for political institutions.

October 22, 2021 | Post

To make a coherent defense of liberty, it is important not to neglect the philosophical and moral considerations that underpin our individual rights.

October 10, 2021 | Post

Since its publication in 1957, Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged continues to have a lasting impact and remains a cornerstone of pro-liberty literature

September 30, 2021 | Video

As debate rages around vaccine passports and vaccine mandates, libertarians and freedom-minded people are wondering where to stand and what to believe. Is there justification for government mandates? Can governments round people up and force them to get vaccinated? What rights and choices do individuals have during the Covid-19 pandemic? This video seeks to contextualize those questions.

July 15, 2021 | Post

Self-identified libertarians have a variety of core principles, and different stressors can push some towards more nefarious ideologies, like the far-right