KOL218 | Argumentation Ethics – Patterson in Pursuit

Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 218.

This is Episode 50 of the Patterson in Pursuit podcast, where host Steve Patterson interviews me about Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s argumentation ethics.

[Update: He does a breakdown of our discussion in Episode 63.]

Patterson’s description:

If we choose to argue, have we presupposed an ethical framework? Is “self-ownership” a concept that cannot coherently be doubted?

To help me answer these questions, I’m joined by one of the most prominent supporters of “argumentation ethics” – the theory that says ownership is inescapable, and as soon as we choose to argue, we’re committed to a set of ethical values.

Related resources:

• Kinsella, “Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide” (2011) and Supplemental Resources
• Hans Hermann Hoppe, “On The Ethics of Argumentation” (PFS 2016)
• Kinsella, New Rationalist Directions in Libertarian Rights Theory
• Frank van Dun, “Argumentation Ethics and The Philosophy of Freedom”
• Kinsella, The Genesis of Estoppel: My Libertarian Rights Theory
• Kinsella, Defending Argumentation Ethics: Reply to Murphy & Callahan

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