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<!-- you can have any number of categories here --> [[Category:Mike Huben]] [[Category:Descriptions Of Libertarianism]] {{DES | des = Libertarians are united only by a rhetoric of liberty. Socially, philosophically, and economically they have innumerable, unreconcilable divisions. If you ever want to side-track a group of libertarians, raise one of these divisions in discussion.}} <!-- insert wiki page text here --> {{Under Construction}} Libertarians are united only by a rhetoric of liberty. Socially, philosophically, and economically they have innumerable, unreconcilable divisions. This is meant to be a rough list of the most apparent divisions. metaphysical (the original use) versus political vulgar versus supposedly philosophical rationalist vs. antirationalist essentialist vs. pragmatist libertarians http://www.davidbrin.com/libertarianarticle2.html "Justice For The Here And Now", Sterba distinguishes Spencerian and Lockean libertarians, based on primacy of liberty or rights. Shows how either results in requirement for basic positive rights. Rebuts Machan, Rasmussen, Hospers, Mack, and Narvesson. Basis of desires versus liberty. "Both Hayek and Rothbard maintain that, in societies like theirs, the desirable always concords with liberty (or maximal liberty). Rothbard achieved this concordance by molding his sensibilities about the desirable to fit his definition of liberty. Hayek achieved this concordance by molding his definition of liberty to fit his sensibilities about the desirable. http://www.vaz1.net/bill/anarchism/library/MereLibertarianism.html D Friedman hardcore vs soft core ideologues versus preferences (gut) http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/2008/08/two-paths-for-libertarian-par ty.html value vs right (Narvesson) http://www.againstpolitics.com/libertarianism/ (1) that liberty is the sole value to be promoted by governments and individuals (sometimes called the "teleological" version of libertarianism) and (2) that liberty is our sole right (sometimes called "deontological" libertarianism; this is the view that the word "libertarianism", unqualified, is generally taken to stand for nowadays.) For Spencerian libertarians, right to liberty is basic as they derive other rights from it. On the other hand, according to Lockean libertarians, right to life and right to property are basic and liberty is defined by them as absence of restrictions. (Sterba) pro-life/pro-choice religious/atheist objectivist/the rest minarchist/anarchist (anarcho-capitalist) == Left libertarians versus right libertarians.== This is one of the most fundamental divisions. Left libertarians emphasize social justice in addition to liberty. They include anarchists, socialists, geolibertarians, anti-capitalist free marketers, and green libertarians. The most prominent left libertarians include Noam Chomsky and Henry George. Right libertarians, also known as propertarians because of their emphasis on property, are the ones we continually encounter. ==Civil libertarian versus political libertarian== ==Kochs versus Rothbardians== ==Austrian vs. Chicago economics== Theee are many subdivisions within AE. ==neoconfederate versus cosmotarians== aka Calhounians and Heinleinians ==neolibertarians versus paleolibertarians== The neolibertarians are interventionist and the paleolibetarians are isolationist. accepting social contract or not? LP vs non-LP LP vs LP reform deontological vs. consequentialist consequentialist libertarians with the procedural justice libertarians Economic/social scientist = consequentialist, empirical, teleological, a posteriori Philosophical = non-consequentialist, deontological, a priori Each makes the other superfluous. (Jeffrey Friedman) (Is this right about consequentialism? What about Rand?) http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2011/05/ron-paul-and-feudal-society.html "the right" versus "the good"? rights theory, consequentialist, human flourishing http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2004_07_28.shtml#1091184329 Primary division of libertarians: consequentialists (Hume, Hayek, Epstein, Rand) natural rights (Nozick, etc.) see http://www.reason.com/9903/bk.ls.fuzzy.html Thick versus thin (Holbo) we should maximize freedom vs we should treat liberty as property, and everyone as their own property http://crookedtimber.org/2010/04/15/libertarianism-property-rights-and-self-ownership/ "Classical Liberalism" Jason Brennan and John Tomasi (downloaded) Oxford Handbook of Political Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 2011) Thick versus thin (Tremblay) American "Libertarians" and "anarcho-capitalists" tend to be "thin libertarians," meaning that they see libertarianism as a bare-bones ideology which implies no specific ethical commitments beyond the simplest application of the principle of non-aggression. Left-wing libertarians, on the other hand, tend to be "thick libertarians," seeing libertarianism as a whole bundle of entertwined ethical commitments (such as anti-capitalism, anti-racism, anti-fascism, feminism, and so on), within which non-aggression is only one strand. So you can see, libertarianism can attract two types of people: 1- Those that are libertarian because they agree with the libertarian means of minimal government. 2- Those that are libertarian because they believe that libertarian means will produce the end result that they desire. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/2/27/15718/5328
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