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; Self-ownership
 
; Self-ownership
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;Other people are not your property.
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;Party membership
 
;Party membership
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;Absolute rights (despotic dominion)
 
;Absolute rights (despotic dominion)
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;inalienable (unalienable) rights
 
;inalienable (unalienable) rights
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;non-aggression principle
 
;non-aggression principle
 
;non-coercion principle
 
;non-coercion principle
 
;non-interference (Lester, Billy Christmas)
 
;non-interference (Lester, Billy Christmas)
 
;no proactive constraints (Lester)
 
;no proactive constraints (Lester)
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;no initiation of force or fraud
 
;no initiation of force or fraud
 
;Libertarianism claims to do nothing other than answer the question of when violence is permissible. (Cantwell)
 
;Libertarianism claims to do nothing other than answer the question of when violence is permissible. (Cantwell)
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;individual liberty
 
;individual liberty
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;liberty to be the most important value
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;the ideology which prioritizes liberty above other endeavors
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;maximize individual freedom
 
;maximize individual freedom
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;All persons are entitled to maximum freedom consistent with equal liberty for all.
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;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.
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;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.
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;Freedom is first of all our birthright (Murray)
 
;Freedom is first of all our birthright (Murray)
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;People are responsible for their own actions
 
;People are responsible for their own actions
;government should be as small as possible
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;concensus
 
;concensus
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;maximizing consent
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;pricing of everything
 
;pricing of everything
;a shared intuitive sense of what is mine and what is thine
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;contract
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;markets work
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;the free market isn't perfect, but it is the best available system
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;common law/torts
 
;common law/torts
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;responsibility
 
;responsibility
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;Libertarianism is about non-favoritism.
 
;Libertarianism is about non-favoritism.
 
;property
 
;property
 
;private property ethic
 
;private property ethic
 
;all rights are property rights
 
;all rights are property rights
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;rationality
 
;rationality
;contract
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;no public, only individuals
 
;no public, only individuals
 
;there is no social entity . . . . there are only individual people (Nozick)
 
;there is no social entity . . . . there are only individual people (Nozick)
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;a political movement that seeks to significantly reduce the size and scope of government
 
;a political movement that seeks to significantly reduce the size and scope of government
 
;minimal government
 
;minimal government
 
;small government
 
;small government
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;government should be as small as possible
 
;critique of government
 
;critique of government
;the free market isn't perfect, but it is the best available system
 
;you leave me alone, and I'll leave you alone
 
;Other people are not your property.
 
;redistribution is the exploitation of the ‘makers’ by the ‘takers.’
 
 
;Libertarianism is a theory about the proper role of the state in society.
 
;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.
 
;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.
 
;Libertarianism is the strand of liberal thought that focuses on the state as a threat to liberty.
;liberty to be the most important value
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;unnecessary intervention by the gov't
;All persons are entitled to maximum freedom consistent with equal liberty for all.
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;you leave me alone, and I'll leave you alone
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;a shared intuitive sense of what is mine and what is thine
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 +
;redistribution is the exploitation of the ‘makers’ by the ‘takers.
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;fiscally conservative, socially liberal
 
;fiscally conservative, socially liberal
;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.
+
 
;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.
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;maximizing consent
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;Other people are not your property.
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;Libertarians uphold the sovereignty of each adult individual in social life.
 
;Libertarians uphold the sovereignty of each adult individual in social life.
;markets work
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;self determination
 
;self determination
;unnecessary intervention by the gov't
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;libertarians simply try to solve problems with more freedom instead of less
 
;libertarians simply try to solve problems with more freedom instead of less
;the ideology which prioritizes liberty above other endeavors
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; Neutrality means that if one person is allowed to do something, all are.
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;Neutrality means that if one person is allowed to do something, all are.
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: test
 
: test

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