John Hospers (born 9 June 1918) was the first presidential candidate of the United States Libertarian Party, running in the 1972 presidential election. He and his vice-presidential running mate, Theodora Nathan, received one electoral vote from Roger MacBride, a Republican elector from Virginia. June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Libertarian Party is a United States political party created in 1971. ... Democratic nomination Democratic Candidates Shirley Chisholm, U.S. representative from New York Fred Harris, U.S. senator from Oklahoma Hubert Humphrey, U.S. senator from Minnesota, former vice president, and 1968 presidential nominee Henry Scoop Jackson, U.S. senator from Washington John Lindsay, mayor of New York City Eugene McCarthy... Theodora Nathalia Tonie Nathan (born 9 February 1923) is the first woman to have received an electoral vote in a U.S. presidential election. ... The United States Electoral College is the electoral college which chooses the President and Vice President of the United States at the conclusion of each Presidential election. ... Roger MacBride (6 August 1927 - 5 March 1995) was a U.S. lawyer, political figure, and television producer. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... State nickname: Old Dominion Other U.S. States Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner Official languages English Area 110,862 km² (35th)  - Land 102,642 km²  - Water 8,220 km² (7. ...

Following his unsuccessful presidential campaign, Hospers also ran for governor of California as a Libertarian in 1974. State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

Hospers earned advanced degrees from the University of Iowa and Columbia University and taught in the fields of philosophy and aesthetics. Early in his career he taught philosophy at Brooklyn College and at California State University, Los Angeles. He is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. The University of Iowa is a university in Iowa City, Iowa. ... Columbia University is a private university in New York City. ... The term philosophy derives from a combination of the Greek words philos meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom. ... Aesthetics (or esthetics) (from the Greek word αισθητική meaning a perceiver or sensitive) is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty. ... Cal State LA campus California State University, Los Angeles (often shortened to CSULA or Cal State L.A.) is a state-run public university located in Los Angeles, California near the city of Alhambra. ... The University of Southern California (also known as USC), Southern Californias oldest private research university, is located in the urban center of Los Angeles, California. ...

Hospers was an editor of Liberty magazine. He satirically endorsed George W. Bush for president of Earth in 2004. Liberty magazine is a leading libertarian magazine founded in 1987 and published in Port Townsend, Washington and edited by R. W. (Bill) Bradford. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and the 43rd and current president of the United States. ...

Hospers believed that psychoanalytic research could prove the compatibilist theory wrong. Compatibilist’s believe that both free will and determinism are compatible and that our free will is determined by external compulsions. That is to say that there is always something that compels us externally to perform an action that we would describe as being of our own free will. However Hospers claims that there are also internal forces that influence our compulsions and therefore our free will. He uses several psychoanalytical examples to make his point

The Libertarian Party is a United States political party created in 1971. ... Seal of the President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ... Democratic nomination Democratic Candidates Shirley Chisholm, U.S. representative from New York Fred Harris, U.S. senator from Oklahoma Hubert Humphrey, U.S. senator from Minnesota, former vice president, and 1968 presidential nominee Henry Scoop Jackson, U.S. senator from Washington John Lindsay, mayor of New York City Eugene McCarthy... Roger MacBride (6 August 1927 - 5 March 1995) was a U.S. lawyer, political figure, and television producer. ...