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Libertarianism

A political philosophy characterized by minimalist governance. Libertarians favor little or no government intervention in the economy beyond basic protection of property rights. They also strongly oppose perceived infringements of civil liberties. For example, a libertarian would likely oppose the indefinite detention of a suspected subversive without charges.

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Libertarian theory will morally validate his claim for the rest of the land--provided, as the theory requires, that there is no identifiable victim (or that Green had not himself stolen the land.) But libertarian theory must invalidate his claim to ownership of the northwester portion.

Immigration and Homesteading

"Toward a Libertarian Theory of Guilt and Punishment for the Crime of Statism." In Property, Freedom and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe, ed.

Privatizing government, in the interim

Kinsella, Stephan (1997), "A Libertarian Theory of Punishment and Rights," Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 30: 607-45.

Toward a libertarian theory of charitable donations to criminals, governments

Although libertarian theory could be used to support the rights of Medicare beneficiaries to health care coverage of which pharmaceuticals is a part, the theory would not support redistribution.

Justice implications of a proposed Medicare prescription drug policy

For example, in his discussion of Nozick on rights, Feser remarks that "the notion that all genuine rights are property rights is a very important one in libertarian theory" (p.

Feser on Nozick

However, the duration of any individual's control over an appropriated resource must be neither too short nor too long if property rights are to play their role in libertarian theory.

Original acquisition of private property

In fact, when libertarian theory, in the days of emerging capitalism, dominated the thinking and actions of business and government, it was at the expense of enormous suffering throughout the population.

Classical Liberalism: The Unvanquished Ideal

In The Libertarian Idea he examines libertarian theory anew.

The Libertarian Idea

Libertarian theory does not directly respond to the challenge of the rising number of uninsured.

Why we cannot agree on the direction of health reform: an exploration of American values

(7) Indeed, the origin of Libertarian theory coincides with the Enlightenment era plantation society.

A challenge to the Libertarian challenge

My conclusion was that libertarian theory provides no decisive reason to reject the majority opinion that "at some point in its development (perhaps at the point of consciousness), the fetus enjoys or nearly enjoys FMS, and that good cause must then exist to justify an abortion" (Friedman 2015: 159; emphasis in original).

Libertarianism and abortion: A reply to professor Narveson

The generally libertarian character of the Brennan symposium will be obvious to anyone familiar with libertarian theory, and it dovetails with some important work on libertarianism in the rest of the issue.