Free State Venture campaigner Dennis Platt and Soho Discussion board director Gene Epstein debated the decision, “A greater technique to persuade extra folks of liberalism is to persuade them that it stems from self-ownership and ethics primarily based on the non-aggression precept, somewhat than relying totally on consequentialist/utilitarian arguments.
Dennis PrattA libertarian author and activist in New Hampshire agrees, arguing that the consequentialist arguments typical of libertarian economists are solely limitedly legitimate, don’t signify the core of liberalism, and don’t work for most individuals. It is too troublesome to grasp shortly. The philosophy of self-ownership is extra persuasive to most individuals, he mentioned.
Soho Discussion board Director Gene Epstein disagree. Whereas he espouses the identical philosophy as his opponents, he makes the argument that empirical information concerning the opposed outcomes of presidency intervention could make many individuals rethink their intolerant assumptions.
Debate happening on the Porcupine Freedom Competition in Lancaster, New Hampshire, on June 20, 2024, hosted by the founding father of the Free State Venture Jason Sollens.
