Related:
- Kinsella’s Social Thought, Illustrated
- The Title-Transfer Contract Theory—Illustrated
- “Estoppel: A New Justification for Individual Rights” (1992)
- The Genesis of Estoppel: My Libertarian Rights Theory
- “Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide”
- “A Libertarian Theory of Punishment and Rights,” in Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Houston: Papinian Press, 2023), based on “Punishment and Proportionality: The Estoppel Approach,” Journal of Libertarian Studies 12, no. 1 (Spring 1996): 51–73
My estoppel theory of libertarian rights is illustrated graphically in the chart/poster below, prepared by Thiago @thiagovscoelho.
somehow I had only vaguely heard of @NSKinsella’s estoppel-based defense of the NAP before today pic.twitter.com/wIRzJxPF5C
— Thiago ✱ (@thiagovscoelho) February 19, 2026
what do you mean “not all arguments intend peaceful conflict-resolution”? This is vaguely worded. this is not the claim of discourse transcendentalists. Our claim is that argumentation itself is a type of activity, one accompanied by normative presuppositions because by its…
— Stephan Kinsella (@NSKinsella) February 20, 2026
I used my own words, maybe wrongly; your words were “argumentation/discourse is a cooperative, civilized, peaceful activity” (LFFS p. 28), in line with what you just said. I mostly think it’s best to make clear how ‘thick’ this conception is, since not all intuitive “arguing”…
— Thiago ✱ (@thiagovscoelho) February 20, 2026
