Reinterpreting Libertarianism

This volume provides a thorough reconsideration of libertarian theory, offering novel perspectives that challenge established assumptions and initiate new directions for philosophical, legal and economic investigation.

By tackling such topics as voluntariness, dignity and inalienability of rights, game theory, healthcare, and the political relevance of monarchy, the chapters provide readers with novel analytical instruments for delving more deeply into libertarianism. Through detailed examinations of such issues as fraud, blackmail, slavery, liability, and technological disruption, contributors reconsider the foundations of libertarian principles while demonstrating how they apply to pressing contemporary practical problems. The book offers critical reassessments of established doctrines and constructive proposals for reformulating libertarianism, while trying to remedy its theoretical weaknesses. In doing so, it furnishes its readers with a framework that helps to understand both the theoretical coherence and the practical adaptability of libertarian ideas, ensuring its relevance for philosophers, legal theorists, economists, and policymakers alike.

The book will be of great interest to political economists, political philosophers, political scientists, ethicists, and everyone in libertarianism in all its forms.

Łukasz Dominiak is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland and a Fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama, United States.

Igor Wysocki is a Ph.D candidate affiliated with Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. His main interests revolve around philosophy of economics, rights theory, and libertarianism. His contribution to libertarian scholarship mainly involve the papers probing the moralized notion of voluntariness, as understood in libertarianism. He also boasts several papers co-authored with Walter Block.

Stanisław Wójtowicz has a doctorate in literary studies. He is currently a PhD candidate in philosophy at the Doctoral School of Humanities, Theology and Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. His research interests include political libertarianism and the economic theory of the state and stateless orders.

Dawid Megger is an Assistant Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, where he teaches microeconomics and public choice theory, among others. His research interests revolve around economic theory, methodology, and political economy.