ANIMAL TORTURE: A CRITIQUE OF THICK LIBERTARIANISM

Stephen Montgomery and Walter E. Block ()
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Walter E. Block: Loyola University New Orleans

Review of Social and Economic Issues, 2016, vol. 1, issue 3, 105-116

Abstract: Torturing helpless animals is among the most despicable acts known to man. And, yet, prohibition by law is not an option open to libertarianism, which deals, solely, with intra-human relations. Is this then a weakness, not to say a fatal one, in the freedom philosophy? We deny this, and utilize thin libertarianism to make our case.

Keywords: Animal torture; libertarianism; law; morality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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