What is a libertarian?
Posted by freedomforall 3 years ago to Philosophy
Excerpt:
"Let’s begin with a question rarely asked – and almost never answered. Probably because of the answer:
Who owns you?
This is the fundamental moral – and political – question. Because everything that follows depends on how it is answered. Here is how libertarians – uncapitalized, to differentiate the more/political philosophy from the political party – answer it:
I own me, you own you. We each own ourselves. No more – and no less.
No one else owns anyone else, as that would be an affirmation of slavery, to whatever degree.
Slavery is a moral outrage, to whatever degree.
Those who advocate for it are immoral – are criminals, if they practice it."
"Let’s begin with a question rarely asked – and almost never answered. Probably because of the answer:
Who owns you?
This is the fundamental moral – and political – question. Because everything that follows depends on how it is answered. Here is how libertarians – uncapitalized, to differentiate the more/political philosophy from the political party – answer it:
I own me, you own you. We each own ourselves. No more – and no less.
No one else owns anyone else, as that would be an affirmation of slavery, to whatever degree.
Slavery is a moral outrage, to whatever degree.
Those who advocate for it are immoral – are criminals, if they practice it."
