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Defining Libertarianism

by Alexander McCobin
The Conversation
April 24th, 2012

While I have not yet read Z&T’s developed account of what constitutes the libertarian family, I think Z&T’s conception of libertarianism as a family of ideas/figures is interesting, and at a basic level true, but from their description,[1] I want to push back on using this framework to demarcate (or not demarcate) libertarianism. A family [...]

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The Bleeding-Heart Absolutist Strikes Back

by Roderick T. Long
The Conversation
April 23rd, 2012

Let me start eirenically by noting what we all seem to agree on: that consequences (including consequences for the poor) matter for the justification of libertarianism; that they are not all that matters, since non-consequentialist considerations are also relevant; and that libertarianism of some sort meets both consequentialist and non-consequentialist criteria pretty well. Among the [...]

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