For the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Lilah Kimble reflects on the American Founders’ courage to risk their lives for their commitment to liberty. She asks if, even in less ...

America’s political tradition was not built on radical autonomy, but rather on a freedom rooted in human nature and a robust moral order. Brenda M. Hafera is the assistant director and senior policy ...

This essay explores Mill’s discussion of possible tensions between liberty and harm to others, especially in the context of ...

This essay explores chapters three and four of John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty, which discusses the value of human individuality and the threats it faces from the social dominance of custom and ...

Most people learn that the American Revolution began over taxes. But the real conflict was much deeper: who has the right to rule? Barbara Galletti is the Senior Producer of Lib er tar i an ism .org.

Juneteenth is rightly remembered as a celebration of freedom. But Douglass’s life and thought point us toward a deeper meaning: freedom is the opportunity to become self- directed, self- reliant, and ...

Erec Smith is a research fellow at the Cato Institute and an associate professor of rhetoric at York College of Pennsylvania. Although he has eclectic scholarly interests, his primary work focuses on ...

This essay explores chapters three and four of John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty, which discusses the value of human individuality and the threats it faces from the social dominance of custom and ...

Is sociology mainly a collectivist discipline? Sociology is often treated by libertarians as a hostile discipline: collectivist, ideological, and drawn toward social control. But its origins tell a ...

Sarah Thomas surveys the recent history of mass surveillance in liberal democracies, highlighting the tension between freedom and security. A commitment to freedom through civil liberties and ...