What is the Libertarian Perspective on Privacy?

From: David

To: Walter Block <[email protected]>

Subject: Privacy in the digital era

Walter,

Can you share any writings you — or others you recommend — have done on the “right” to privacy from a libertarian perspective?

The privacy policy analyst I work with at the Libertas Institute (Utah’s libertarian think-tank) is forming a scholar’s network around the question of privacy from the government — especially in the digital age.

Hope all is well!

Best,

David

Dear David:

Here you go:

Block, 1991, 2012, 2013A, 2013B, ch. 18, 2016; Block, Kinsella and Whitehead, 2006

Block, Walter E. 2016. “So-called Privacy Rights Are Incompatible with our Libertarian Philosophy.” September 23

https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/called-privacy-rights-incompatible-libertarian-philosophy/

Block, Walter E. 1991. “Old Letters and Old Buildings,” The Freeman Ideas on Liberty, March, pp. 96, http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/old-letters-and-old-buildings/#axzz2Txojgrts;

https://fee.org/articles/old-letters-and-old-buildings-2/

Block, Walter E. 2012. “Rozeff on Privacy: A Defense of Rothbard.” December 13; https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/rozeff-on-privacy-a-defense-of-rothbard/

Block, Walter E. 2013A. “There Is No Right to Privacy.” July 13;

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/07/walter-e-block/there-is-no-right-to-privacy/

http://archive.lewrockwell.com/2013/07/walter-block/there-is-no-right-to-privacy/

http://www.infowars.com/there-is-no-right-to-privacy/

http://libertycrier.com/walter-block-there-is-no-right-to-privacy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LibertyCrier+%28Liberty+Crier%29

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/07/what-if-trayvon-martin-had-been.html;

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/07/on-my-ignorance-and-hypocricy.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+economicpolicyjournal%2FKpwH+%28EconomicPolicyJournal.com%29;

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=7e6cc2f6072b7ebfaa847047f&id=bd7ca29173&e=cb339c58dfhttp://libertycrier.com/walter-block-there-is-no-right-to-privacy/

Block, Walter E. 2013B. Defending the Undefendable II: Freedom in all realms; Terra Libertas Publishing House

Block, Walter, Stephan Kinsella and Roy Whitehead. 2006. “The duty to defend advertising injuries caused by junk faxes: an analysis of privacy, spam, detection and blackmail.” Whittier Law Review, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 925-949; http://www.walterblock.com/wp-content/uploads/publications/block-etal_spam_whittier-2006.pdfhttp://www.walterblock.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/faxesduty.pdf

Chapter on the “peeping tom”:

Block, Walter E. 2013. Defending the Undefendable II: Freedom in all realms; Terra Libertas Publishing House; http://www.amazon.com/Defending-Undefendable-II-Freedom-Realms/dp/1908089377/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379098357&sr=8-1&keywords=freedom+in+all+realmshttp://www.amazon.com/Defending-Undefendable-II-Freedom-Realms/dp/1908089377/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380679730&sr=1-2; isbn: 9781908089373; http://terralibertas.com/products/defending-the-undefendable-ii-freedom-in-all-realms-hardcoverhttp://archive.lewrockwell.com/2013/12/robert-wenzel/top-book-picks-of-2013/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Defending-Undefendable-II-Freedom-Realms/dp/1908089377/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1387741833&sr=1-1&keywords=Defending+the+Undefendable+II%3A+Freedom+in+All+Realmshttp://www.librarialibertas.com/economie/defending-the-undefendable-ii-freedom-in-all-realms-hardcover.htmlhttp://mises.org/daily/6624/Walter-Block-Is-Still-Defending-the-Undefendablehttp://archive.lewrockwell.com/2014/01/mark-thornton/still-defending-the-undefendable/http://mises.org/journals/qjae/pdf/qjae17_1_6.pdf

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/1908089377

September 20, 2013. Guillermo Jimenez, [email protected]; Skype: tracesofreality; RBN Producer; 800-313-9443; the philosophy of libertarianism, anarcho-capitalism, stateless order, bitcoin, rights to privacy; http://tracesofreality.com/2013/09/20/tor-radio-09202013-walter-block-on-the-fed-qe-infinity-bitcoin-and-anarchy/

Best regards,

Walter

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3:19 pm on October 6, 2022