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{{DES | des = Libertarianism is based on bad arguments.  Here's a list of some common problems with libertarian arguments.}}
 
{{DES | des = Libertarianism is based on bad arguments.  Here's a list of some common problems with libertarian arguments.}}
The major problem with libertarianism is its arguments.  However appealing libertarianism might sound, many of the arguments are conspicuously bad.  With further examination, more and more arguments look worse and worse.  This necessitates a huge libertarian [[apologetics]] (defense of their philosophy) which is also fraught with bad argument.
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The major problem with libertarianism is its arguments.  However appealing libertarianism might sound, many of the arguments are conspicuously bad.  With further examination, more and more arguments look worse and worse.  This necessitates a huge libertarian [[apologetics]] (defense of their philosophy), but the apologetics are also fraught with bad argument.
  
 
With sufficient confirmation bias or dishonesty, bad arguments are not a problem for some libertarians.  But identifying bad arguments and why they are bad is a useful skill in the search for better arguments for or against.
 
With sufficient confirmation bias or dishonesty, bad arguments are not a problem for some libertarians.  But identifying bad arguments and why they are bad is a useful skill in the search for better arguments for or against.

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