Libertarianism: A Home for Conservatives?. Robert Locke and Daniel McCarthy.
by Locke, Robert; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 28Global Issues. Publisher: American Conservative, 2005ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Conservatism | Libertarianism | Philosophy -- Marxist | Political science -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 050 Summary: 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."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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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."
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