Is Ross Ulbricht of Silk Road a Libertarian Hero?

Walter Block ()
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Walter Block: Joseph A. Butt, S.J. College of Business, Loyola University, New Orleans, USA.

Journal of Economic and Social Thought, 2016, vol. 3, issue 3, 327-332

Abstract: Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole for electronically facilitating trade in illegal drugs with his website Silk Road. This is a more severe penalty given to drug dealers, and even murderers. Is he heroic for violating an unjust law, which makes selling drugs a victimless crime? Is he a libertarian? Is he a libertarian hero? These are the questions addressed in the present paper.

Keywords: Silk Road; Hero; Libertarianism. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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