Constitutional Libertarianism

Constitutional Libertarianism

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Let's Explore Libertarianism

I've read a lot of definitions of what libertarianism is on various websites,in different books and as expressed by different people.

What has become clear is that libertarianism has certain values that are immutable.

1. Individual liberty must be protected.

2. Individual association must be voluntary.

3. No individual may use force or coercion against another individual.

4. No state, religion or social group may use force or coersion against an individual except in justice vs individuals who have or attempt to do so vs other individuals.

5. An individual is responsible for themselves, their actions, and those they are responsible for.

Now, given the above listing of libertarian "traits" there are those who would further politicize libertarianism which, I suppose, is inevitable.

Mostly, these would be the hyphenated libertarians.  I've even seen some try to identify as a "libertarian-communist"  which I'm pretty sure we all realize can't co-exist due to those two contrary concepts cancelling each other out.

If there's any one of these hyphenated concepts that seems to make the most sense, it would have to be the "Constitutional-libertarian".

This type of identification essentially builds on supporting the American founding documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights as they relate to the six values listed above.

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