Dr. Aeon J. Skoble

Professor Skoble is the author of Deleting the State: Requiem for an Illusion (Independent Institute, 2026) and The Essential Robert Nozick (Fraser Institute, 2020), the editor of Reading Rasmussen and Den Uyl: Critical Essays on Norms of Liberty (Lexington Books, 2008), and co-editor of Political Philosophy: Essential Selections (Prentice-Hall, 1999) and Reality, Reason, and Rights (Lexington Books, 2011). He is a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute, and has frequently lectured and written for the Institute for Humane Studies, Cato, and the Foundation for Economic Education. His main research includes theories of rights, the nature and justification of authority, political economy, and virtue ethics. In addition, he writes widely on the intersection of philosophy and popular culture, among other things co-editing the best-selling The Simpsons and Philosophy (Open Court, 2000) and three other books on film and television.