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Zwolinski and Hicks on Rand and rights theory

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Matt Zwolinski and I have a friendly debate about several technical, foundational issues in Rand’s theory of rights: Can rights be based on egoism? What’s the connection between property rights and value creation? What counts as an improper initiation of force? Several other sub-issues about content and method arise along the way. In about 750 words each, […]

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Zientkowski on human rights in Nietzsche’s philosophy

2 Comments / Philosophy / Stephen Hicks

The Theory of Human Rights and Its Criticism in the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche [Note: Below are the abstract and summary in English of Dr. Przemysław Zientkowski’s book, published in Polish in 2013.] Abstract The book is devoted to the idea of human rights in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. Its main objective is to

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