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Michael Edelstein, Robert Wenzel, Bridgette Salcido
A Response to Walter Block’s “Free Will, Determinism, Libertarianism and Austrian Economics”
Summary:
The authors respond to Walter Block’s essay: “Free Will, Determinism, Libertarianism and Austrian economics.” Block’s thesis that human behavior is governed by Free Will and naysayers cannot be classified as libertarians is disputed. Counterarguments include the observation that humans are not exempt from the causality principle and Spencer, Mises, and Hayek are determinists.
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Chad Van Schoelandt, Ivan Jankovic, Walter E. Block
Rejoinder on Free Will, Determinism, Libertarianism and Austrian Economics
Summary:
Block (2015) claimed that the free will position is correct, that of determinism incorrect, and that libertarianism and Austrian economics are compatible with the former but not the latter. Edelstein, Wenzel and Salcido (2016) criticized Block (2015) on the grounds that. The present paper is a rejoinder to EWS. It argues that determinism is incorrect; that free will is correct, and that freedom of will is important for both Austrian economics and libertarianism.
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Walter E. Block
Free Will, Determinism, Libertarianism and Austrian Economics
Summary:
This paper makes the claim that the free will position is correct, that of determinism incorrect, and that libertarianism and Austrian economics are compatible with the former but not the latter.
