Difference between revisions of "The Short, Simple Dismissal Of Libertarianism"
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# Libertarians ignore the fact that all real rights, including property, are coercive. Non-coercive "rights" are merely moral claims. | # Libertarians ignore the fact that all real rights, including property, are coercive. Non-coercive "rights" are merely moral claims. | ||
# Libertarians assume that modern markets are "natural", and ignore the government institutions which create them. | # Libertarians assume that modern markets are "natural", and ignore the government institutions which create them. | ||
| − | # Libertarianism privileges property rights (their "liberty") above all other values, redefining liberty in terms of property. | + | # Libertarianism privileges property rights (their "liberty") above all other values, narrowly redefining liberty in terms of property. |
| + | # Liberty and equality, spontaneity and security, happiness and knowledge, mercy and justice - all these are ultimate human values according to Isaiah Berlin. Libertarians demand that liberty trumps the other seven. | ||
# Libertarians do not have a solution to the problem of freedom to sign away freedoms. Some think you should be able to sell yourself into slavery. | # Libertarians do not have a solution to the problem of freedom to sign away freedoms. Some think you should be able to sell yourself into slavery. | ||
# Libertarian economic arguments are based on multiple, conflicting, unrealistic economic models such as "economic man" or "rational" man. | # Libertarian economic arguments are based on multiple, conflicting, unrealistic economic models such as "economic man" or "rational" man. | ||
