Rothbard vs. The Philosophers | Roberta Modugno

The 2009 Murray N. Rothbard Memorial Lecture, presented by Roberta Modugno. Recorded at the annual Austrian Scholars Conference, Ludwig von Mises Institute, 12 March 2009. Includes an Introduction by Joseph T. Salerno.

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[bloodaltar2]

i much prefer Rothbard over Ayn Rand

[ccarterc1984]

Man, she's not super hot but I would totally marry her for her accent.

[jonathanaconway]

@bloodaltar2 I prefer Ayn Rand's philosophy much more (so shoot me!), but I must admit, Rothbard has a great sense of humour and gives some very powerful defences of the free market.

[1977Taake1977]

Pure MILF!

[LogicalFlawDetector]

@bloodaltar2

I much prefer Milton Friedman over Ayn Rand.

[jpschubbs]

@ccarterc1984 She has that smoldering hot, naughty, European librarian look. I'd marry her for that, her accent, and her mind. Me gusta.

[rkyeun]

@rmcc0002

You for one welcome our robot overlords.

[rumco]

@XlancerTHEgreat1 You don't seem to understand what he (or Austrians) means by rational (don't confuse it with logical). It means that humans act purposely, rationally, towards certain ends in away that they consider to be best in their situation, according to the information they've obtained etc.. Whether they make mistakes or act illogically does not mean they don't act rationally.

[rmcc0002]

@XlancerTHEgreat1 If humans aren't 100% logical than you surely don't want to create a system where these flawed people can rule over others.

[gergenheimer]

Subjectivity and rationality are not mutually exclusive - human beings have differing, subjective values and priorities and it is completely rational for each of them to pursue those values. Some people would deem my love of beer "irrational", but they base this claim on their set of values, not mine. Hiding behind the pretense of objectivity is how collectivists justify forcing everyone to live by a single, arbitrarily-determined set of values.

[headcrabzombie]

check out the play he wrote called "mozart was a red" which is making fun of objectivists. its hilarious.

[XlancerTHEgreat1]

Rothbard was a great thinker, and had many great ideas. But I think this lecture illustrates his lack of understanding with regards towards human actions. Rothbards arguments are 100% logically consistent, but are human actions 100% rational? Only computers are 100% logical, and I don't think any of us want to be robots. Humans created logic in order to become more consistant(less subjective), not because we're logical by nature.