Locke, Robert,
Libertarianism: A Home for Conservatives?. Robert Locke and Daniel McCarthy. - American Conservative, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 28, Global Issues, 1522-3221; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Libertarianism: A Home for Conservatives?, March 14, 2005; pp. 17-22.
The authors offer opposing arguments on the merits and drawbacks of libertarianism, "the idea that individual freedom should be the sole rule of ethics and government." (THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE) Those on the political right opine that "if Marxism is the delusion that one can run society purely on altruism and collectivism, then libertarianism is the mirror-image delusion that one can run it purely on selfishness and individualism." The left opines that "libertarianism is a political philosophy, not a complete system of ethics or metaphysics. Political philosophies address specifically the state and, more generally, justice in human society."
1522-3221;
Conservatism
Libertarianism
Philosophy--Marxist
Political science--Philosophy
AC1.S5
050
Libertarianism: A Home for Conservatives?. Robert Locke and Daniel McCarthy. - American Conservative, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 28, Global Issues, 1522-3221; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Libertarianism: A Home for Conservatives?, March 14, 2005; pp. 17-22.
The authors offer opposing arguments on the merits and drawbacks of libertarianism, "the idea that individual freedom should be the sole rule of ethics and government." (THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE) Those on the political right opine that "if Marxism is the delusion that one can run society purely on altruism and collectivism, then libertarianism is the mirror-image delusion that one can run it purely on selfishness and individualism." The left opines that "libertarianism is a political philosophy, not a complete system of ethics or metaphysics. Political philosophies address specifically the state and, more generally, justice in human society."
1522-3221;
Conservatism
Libertarianism
Philosophy--Marxist
Political science--Philosophy
AC1.S5
050