Walter Block on Discrimination
Walter Block on Discrimination

Author(s): Roberta Adelaide Modugno
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Economic policy, Military policy
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: Walter Block; discrimination debate; libertarian rights; women in the military;
Summary/Abstract: My first meeting with Walter Block was particularly significant for me and, I can say, it has had a great influence on my academic career. I met Block in September 1997, in Rome, at a gathering of the International Society for Individual Liberty. This meeting had been organized by a friend of mine and she invited me to give a paper, as I was writing my first monograph on Murray N. Rothbard, the first in Italy. Block was struck by the fact that a young Italian scholar had become passionate about Rothbard. I remember that during the session’s questions from the audience, he asked me whether I had studied Rothbard with the attitude of a cold and detached scholar, as an entomologist studies a beetle or if I sympathized with his theories and I replied that I loved Rothbardian theories very much and that I was very impressed by them. He seemed very happy with my answer! At the end of the lecture, I introduced myself to Block and he suggested that I contact the Ludwig von Mises Institute in order to attend the Austrian Scholars Conference, which I did. So, thanks to this suggestion by Block I became aware of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, which has turned out to be so important for my intellectual growth and with which I actively collaborate. So, writing an essay in honor of Block is a double pleasure for me.

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