Gerard Casey (born 1951) is an Irish academic and former politician who is Professor Emeritus at

University College Dublin University College Dublin (), commonly referred to as UCD, is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 38,417 students, it is Ireland's largest ...

Career

He holds law degrees from the

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(LLB) and UCD (LLM) as well as a primary degree in

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

from

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, an MA and PhD from the

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and the higher doctorate, DLitt, from the

National University of Ireland The National University of Ireland (NUI) () is a federal university system of ''constituent universities'' (previously called '' constituent colleges'') and ''recognised colleges'' set up under the Irish Universities Act 1908, and signifi ...

. He was formerly Assistant Professor at The

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(

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), 1983–1986. He was a member of the School of Philosophy in

(UCD) (Head from 2001 to 2006) from 1986 until he retired in December 2015. He is a Fellow of Mises UK, an Associated Scholar of the

Ludwig von Mises Institute The Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics, or Mises Institute, is a nonprofit think tank headquartered in Auburn, Alabama, that is a center for Austrian economics, right-wing libertarian thought and the paleolibertarian and anarcho ...

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, and an Associate Editor of the ''Christian Libertarian Review''. He is also a member of the Free Speech Union and Academics for Academic Freedom. He has been a member of the

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, the

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and The Aristotelian Society. In December 2006, Casey, along with host

Pat Kenny Patrick Kenny (born 29 January 1948) is an Irish broadcaster, who currently hosts the daily radio show ''The Pat Kenny Show'' on Newstalk and the current affairs show ''Pat Kenny Tonight'' on Virgin Media One. Prior to this, Kenny had a 41-ye ...

and

Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biology, evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator and author. He is an Oxford fellow, emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was Simonyi Professor for the Publ ...

, appeared on The Late Late Show to discuss Dawkins's book ''

The God Delusion ''The God Delusion'' is a 2006 book by British evolutionary biologist and ethologist Richard Dawkins. In ''The God Delusion'', Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator, God, almost certainly does not exist, and that belief in a personal ...

''. He has written several books.

Activism

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Casey was active in Irish politics in the 1990s, leading the Christian Solidarity Party between 1993 and 1999. He now holds

libertarian Libertarianism (from ; or from ) is a political philosophy that holds freedom, personal sovereignty, and liberty as primary values. Many libertarians believe that the concept of freedom is in accord with the Non-Aggression Principle, according ...

and what he terms (philosophically) anarchistic views. His philosophical interests include

political philosophy Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and Political legitimacy, legitimacy of political institutions, such as State (polity), states. This field investigates different ...

philosophy of law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

and

philosophy of religion Philosophy of religion is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions". Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known Text (literary theo ...

. He has appeared from time to time on radio and TV in Ireland and the UK, contributing to discussions on topical social and political issues. He describes himself as

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in religion,

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...

in social matters, and

in political matters.

Books

* ''Born Alive: The Legal Status of the Unborn Child'' (Barry Rose, 2005) * ''Murray Rothbard'' (Continuum, 2010) Vol. 15 in the series ''Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers'' * ''Libertarian Anarchy: Against the State'' (Continuum, 2012) * ''Freedom's Progress? A History of Political Thought'' (Imprint Academic, 2017) * ''ZAP: Free Speech and Tolerance in the light of the Zero Aggression Principle'' (Societas, 2019) * ''After #MeToo: Feminism, Patriarchy, Toxic Masculinity and Sundry Cultural Delights'' (Societas, 2020) * ''Hidden Agender: Transgenderism's Struggle against Reality'' (Societas, 2021)

References

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