Wollaston, Herbert Spencer, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Ayn Rand, and other figures. On December 31, 2007, George Smith provided a humorous "qualified endorsement" of Republican Party candidate Ron Paul via YouTube for libertarian voters, but also one that was consistent with his published writings on electoral politics. In 2013, Cambridge University Press published his book The System of Liberty: Themes in the History of Classical Liberalism. He died on April 8, 2022, in Bloomington, Illinois, United States. Selected publications Atheism: The Case Against God. Los Angeles: Nash, 1974. The Literature of Freethought, Libertarian Review, Vol. VI, No. 1 (January–February 1977). "William Wollaston on Property Rights", Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 2, no. 3, 1978, pp. 217–25. "Justice Entrepreneurship in a Free Market", Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 3, no. 4 (Winter 1979): pp. 405–26. "Justice Entrepreneurship Revisited", Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 3, no. 4 (Winter 1979): pp. 453–69. "Herbert Spencer's Theory of Causation", Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 5 (Spring 1981), no. 2: pp. 113–52. Atheism, Ayn Rand and Other Heresies. 1991. . "A Killer's Right to Life", Liberty, Vol. 10, no. 2 (November 1996): 46. "Inalienable Rights?", Liberty, Vol. 10, no. 6 (July 1997): 51. Why Atheism? Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2000. . The System of Liberty: Themes in the History of Classical Liberalism New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. See also American philosophy Implicit and explicit atheism List of American philosophers Right-libertarianism Voluntaryism References External links David Gordon's review of Atheism: Ayn Rand and Other Heresies in The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Vol. 10, no. 2 (Fall 1992) N. Stephan Kinsella's response to Smith regarding capital punishment Comment on Smith Steven Strasnick. ''"Justice Entrepreneurship in A Free Market": Anthony Flood, Atheism Analyzed: The Implosion of George Smith's "Case against God." Kindle ebook, 2019. Michael Martin's review of "Atheism: The Case Against God" David Boaz on the work of George H. Smith 1949 births American atheists American libertarians American philosophers Atheist philosophers Freethought writers Libertarian theorists Living people Rationalists University of Arizona alumni Voluntaryists Writers about religion and science