key Property Rights

Legal rights to own and use property

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The Ethics of Liberty

person Rothbard, Murray

event 1982

Comprehensive philosophical treatise establishing a natural rights foundation for libertarianism, deriving property rights from self-ownership and ...

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A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism: Economics, Politics, and Ethics

person Hoppe, Hans-Hermann

event 1989

Systematic comparison of capitalism and socialism, examining the economic and ethical foundations of different property systems and their consequen...

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Two Treatises of Government

person Locke, John

event 1689

Foundational work of liberal political philosophy establishing natural rights, the social contract, and the right to revolution against tyrannical ...

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person Authors

Hoppe, Hans-Hermann

German-American economist and political theorist, student of Murray Rothbard, known for his work on private property and anarcho-capitalism

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Locke, John

English philosopher and physician, key figure of the Enlightenment, foundational thinker on natural rights and government by consent

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