Jun 022010
I recently created a resources page to list the best material for learning about libertarian anarchism. It will be a pretty exclusive list as I want to keep it short and of highest quality. If you have any suggestions, leave a comment or contact me.
David Friedman’s The Machinery of Freedom is an excellent intro to libertarian anarchism from a consequentialist perspective and is now, for the first time, available online. It is the book that persuaded me, after I found myself unsatisfied with certain of Rothbard’s arguments in FANL.
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/The_Machinery_of_Freedom_.pdf
Mary Ruwart’s Healing Our World is an easier read and has been especially effective in persuading leftists to libertarian anarchism because of its humanist emphasis. There is also an online version.
http://www.ruwart.com/Healing/ruwart_all.html
Hogeye Bill Orton’s Against Authority is an excellent online overview of the various schools of anarchism, written by an anarcho-capitalist.
http://www.ozarkia.net/bill/anarchism/library/aa/index.html
Good suggestions. I haven’t heard of Orton though, I’ll take a look at it.