hh on Nostr: I don't know how meaningful a question that is. Not because libertarianism doesn't ...
I don't know how meaningful a question that is. Not because libertarianism doesn't have an answer, but because that all it really talks about.
When libertarians talk about sovereign individuals, individual freedoms, and so on, the underlying concept is that the individual must be free to associate with other individuals without coercion.
That means freedom to exchange value, and also to get to compromises to live next to each other. For instance, mutually accepted conflict resolution methods and even authorities, and ways in which one *voluntarily and revocably* they give up parts of their freedom.
Libertarianism is a *political* philosophy. Just think about the old example of Robinson Crusoe. When he is alone, there is no need for any type of political theory. There is no community, so there is no conflict to solve. Libertarianism does not speak about Crusoe alone in the island but about what happens when Wednesday shows up. And when another boatload of castaways crash into the island.
By definition the subject matter of any political philosophy is human life as a community. And the whole point of libertarianism is that communities exist always and inevitably, and they must do so without compulsion and violence on any individual.
When libertarians talk about sovereign individuals, individual freedoms, and so on, the underlying concept is that the individual must be free to associate with other individuals without coercion.
That means freedom to exchange value, and also to get to compromises to live next to each other. For instance, mutually accepted conflict resolution methods and even authorities, and ways in which one *voluntarily and revocably* they give up parts of their freedom.
Libertarianism is a *political* philosophy. Just think about the old example of Robinson Crusoe. When he is alone, there is no need for any type of political theory. There is no community, so there is no conflict to solve. Libertarianism does not speak about Crusoe alone in the island but about what happens when Wednesday shows up. And when another boatload of castaways crash into the island.
By definition the subject matter of any political philosophy is human life as a community. And the whole point of libertarianism is that communities exist always and inevitably, and they must do so without compulsion and violence on any individual.