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<!-- you can have any number of categories here --> [[Category:Mike Huben's Criticisms]] [[Category:Fallacies Of Ideology]] [[Category:Ideology]] [[Category:Descriptions Of Libertarianism]] [[Category:Philosophy]] [[Category:Greedy Reductionism]] [[Category:What Is Wrong With Libertarianism]] [[Category:There Is No Simple Description Of Libertarianism]] [[Category:Under Construction]] {{DES | des = Libertarians have a dazzling array of conflicting and irrational single principles that they use to define their ideology. There are all examples of [[Greedy Reductionism]]. There are many, many one-line descriptions such as "no initiation of force or fraud", but there are major problems with such descriptions. First, all such examples are heavily value-laden: ideas of "initiation", "force", and "fraud" vary greatly even among libertarians. Second, as libertarian David Friedman points out, such simple rules may dictate results that even libertarians find grossly undesirable. | show=}} <!-- insert wiki page text here --> These need to be grouped, sourced, and refuted. ; Self-ownership ;Other people are not your property. ;Party membership ;Absolute rights (despotic dominion) ;inalienable (unalienable) rights ;non-aggression principle ;non-coercion principle ;non-interference (Lester, Billy Christmas) ;no proactive constraints (Lester) ;no initiation of force or fraud ;Libertarianism claims to do nothing other than answer the question of when violence is permissible. (Cantwell) ;individual liberty ;liberty to be the most important value ;the ideology which prioritizes liberty above other endeavors ;maximize individual freedom :There is no way to maximize freedom, because every freedom for somebody removes freedom for others, as if there is a law of conservation of freedom. Your freedom to run around naked removes my freedom to be spared the site of your pasty, hairy butt. Your freedom to have property or consume something removes my freedom to use that part of the natural world. ;All persons are entitled to maximum freedom consistent with equal liberty for all. :It is ludicrous to talk of maximizing freedoms without a means of MEASURING freedom, because there are always tradeoffs. Your freedom to slander trades off with my freedom from slander. ;Principle of Freedom: All people are free to think, believe, and act as they choose, as long as they do not infringe on the equal freedom of others. :Fine. Everybody has equal freedom to kill or be killed. Who has the biggest guns in that libertarian world? ;For me, my core libertarian belief is that I have the freedom to do anything that causes no harm to others, their property, or nature. :Then you will have to stop breathing, because you are contributing to global warming. You will have to live outside the market, because your participation increases demand which raises prices for others. Everything you do affects others some amount, often harmfully, even if miniscule. ;Freedom is first of all our birthright (Murray) ;People are responsible for their own actions ;concensus ;maximizing consent ;pricing of everything ;contract ;markets work ;the free market isn't perfect, but it is the best available system ;common law/torts ;responsibility ;Libertarianism is about non-favoritism. ;property ;private property ethic ;all rights are property rights ;rationality ;no public, only individuals ;there is no social entity . . . . there are only individual people (Nozick) ;a political movement that seeks to significantly reduce the size and scope of government ;minimal government ;small government ;government should be as small as possible ;critique of government ;Libertarianism is a theory about the proper role of the state in society. ;someone whose political views emphasize individual freedom by limiting the role of government. ;Libertarianism is the strand of liberal thought that focuses on the state as a threat to liberty. ;unnecessary intervention by the gov't ;you leave me alone, and I'll leave you alone ;a shared intuitive sense of what is mine and what is thine ;redistribution is the exploitation of the ‘makers’ by the ‘takers.’ ;fiscally conservative, socially liberal ;Libertarians uphold the sovereignty of each adult individual in social life. ;self determination ;libertarians simply try to solve problems with more freedom instead of less ;Neutrality means that if one person is allowed to do something, all are. ; [https://crookedtimber.org/2020/06/09/broken-hearts/#comment-801482 True libertarianism... [is] allowing people to decide for themselves which societal projects they will support rather than requiring their participation (and, yes, especially their money) via the state’s monopoly on force.] ;As a political philosophy libertarianism is based on the view that all individual humans are worthy of respect, and that their actions should not be subject to the coercive interference of another without just cause. [http://bleedingheartlibertarians.com/2017/09/can-libertarian-racist-anti-semite/ James Taylor] : test
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