[L]et me point out that libertarians defend a tradition of liberty that is the fruit of thousands of years of human history.

At George Mason University I saw Hoppe present a lecture in which he claimed that Ludwig von Mises had set the intellectual foundation for not only economics, but for ethics, geometry, and optics, as well. This bizarre claim turned a serious scholar and profound thinker into a comical cult figure, a sort of Euro Kim Il Sung.

But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe.

Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common good.

If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?

[L]et me point out that libertarians defend a tradition of liberty that is the fruit of thousands of years of human history.

It is obvious that different individuals require different things to live good, healthy, and virtuous lives.