Would GC's libertarians please point me in the direction of where I can find a wealth of knowledge concerning the philosophy and political stances of recognized libertarians? I also would prefer if someone could tell me how best to introduce the idea to unknowing people. Also, how does anarchy tie in (if at all) with libertarianism. Thank you, GC.
I am on my phone so i cant share links, but im sure mju will be in here soon enough with more than you can believe lol. As far as anarchy, its kind of a situation where anarchists are libertarians but libertarians are not necessarily anarchists. Both groups believe in voluntary action being the only moral choice. Coersive means are never moral by their definition. Anarchists are seperated by the fact that they believe a government relies on its monopoly of coersion to provide for its power, therefore governance outside of self governance is morally wrong. Lack of government is the only way to be 100 percent free. The best way i find to turn somebody onto libertarian philosophy is to find an issue the person really cares about, and introduce them to why libertarian philosophy works better. Don't try to convince everyone, sometimes you are just going to come across people who are okay with any means, so long as the ends are preferable in their opinion.
Libertarianism seeks to maximize individual liberty. Some libertarians see that as possible through anarchy, and some through minarchy. Most are probly minarchists.
You know what Aaron, screw you for always being able to say what i want to say in a more compact easier to read statement. Lol
There's a lot of different ways that they mesh, many different schools of thought that are very closely related but have slight differences here and there... Look up social anarchism, left-libertarianism, libertarian socialism, Noam Chomsky, etc.
he's not just a token...very thoughtful and eloquent representative of libertarianism. for example there is this essay
Oh ya you're definitely right, I guess I just meant he's a token to me cause Im not very involved in libertarianism.
Mises.org would be the place for that. It depends on the person. For some people, I try to stick to the philosophy behind it, starting with the concept of self-ownership and then moving onto private property. If I have exclusive rights to my body, I should have exclusive rights to what my body produces. This also leads to things like the non-aggression principle. With other people, you may want to try a more consequentialist approach where you argue that a libertarian society would be the best for the most people, especially "poorer" people. These arguments are closely tied with economics and will probably take a little more time to perfect. @Learning Austrian economics. Many anarchists are libertarians, but not all libertarians are anarchists. I would even guess that most people who call themselves libertarians are minarchists. @Anarchism