The Duke
JohnD.Ford
Junior Chimp
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« on: February 20, 2005, 07:15:20 PM » |
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My own interpretation, though I'm not libertarian myself.
The libertarian woulc not and could not be a libertarian if he ws not conservative in his own values. Their philosophy is based on the idea that if everyone was rational and responsible, libetarainism would work. Because they are almost exclusively rational and responsible, they presume all people must be able to do the same and therefore libertarianism can work given a sufficeintly conditioned populace.
If they did not believe in these conservative values, they'd not believe their philosophy was practical, and would not advocate it. Indeed, an irresponsible, selfish, or unvirtuous people could not exist long in a libertarian society, so this makes some sense that the libertraians themselves would advocate the liberty to do things they themselves refrain from doing.
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