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{{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=}}
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{{DES | des = Libertarians have a dazzling array of conflicting and irrational single principles that they use to define their ideology. These 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=}}
 
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;Neutrality means that if one person is allowed to do something, all are.
 
;Neutrality means that if one person is allowed to do something, all are.
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; 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.[https://crookedtimber.org/2020/06/09/broken-hearts/#comment-801482 Source.]
  
 
;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]
 
;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]
 
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