Showing posts with label Left Libertarian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Left Libertarian. Show all posts

Saturday, June 4, 2022

Should Libertarians Support Slavery?


Should those who call themselves “libertarians” object to people contracting themselves into slavery? If so, are they right? 

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Libertarianism, Free States, and Oppressive States


I am not going to here portray the free state utopia of the libertarian imagination, but instead will explore the logic of the libertarianism, by testing its “free state” and “oppressive state” categories in extreme cases selected for the purpose of bringing the logic of the theory to the surface.

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Libertarian Island III: Coercion and Degrees of Freedom

Where we left off shipwrecked Ann, whom I have called a “left- libertarian,” has not been able to convince shipwrecked right-libertarian Bob that it’s only his wrongheaded ideology that makes him want to paddle away from Isle One, with its easier and more abundant life, towards Isle Two.

Saturday, June 10, 2017

Friday, May 12, 2017

Choosing Libertarian Island



Shipwreck survivors on unknown islands are beloved by the writers of fiction, by cartoonists, and also by philosophers. Crawling up the beach on day on the island I have in mind were a "libertarian" Bob, and Ann,  who might, for want of a better label, be called a “left libertarian,” as will emerge. The pair were spotted by a stranger who helped them into the shade of the nearest palm.