About this episode
Christopher Freiman joins us to talk about his Arguments for Liberty chapter on utilitarianism. What’s the utilitarian argument for libertarianism?
What is utilitarianism? How does utilitarianism interact with rights-based approaches to morality? What are the rhetorical virtues of utilitarianism?
Show Notes and Further Reading
You can read Freiman’s Arguments for Liberty chapter in full here: “A Utilitarian Case for Libertarianism”
Arguments for Liberty is available here as a free .pdf and in Kindle and e-Book formats. It’s also available in paperback on Amazon.
Here are a few other selections from Libertarianism.org on utilitarianism.
Other Free Thoughts episodes on Arguments for Liberty:
Rawlsianism with Kevin VallierKantianism with Jason BrennanHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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