Governing least : a New England libertarianism / Dan Moller.

Governing least : a New England libertarianism / Dan Moller.

9780190863272 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

English

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JC585 .M795 2019

320.512

This text defends libertarianism and more broadly a classical liberal view of political economy. It is often assumed that libertarianism depends on thinking that property rights are absolute, or on fetishizing individual liberty. This work argues that, on the contrary, the foundations of libertarianism can be found in widely shared, everyday moral beliefs - particularly in strictures against shifting our burdens onto others. The core of libertarianism, on this interpretation, lies not in an exaggerated sense of our rights against other people, but in modesty about what we can demand from them.

This text defends libertarianism and more broadly a classical liberal view of political economy. It is often assumed that libertarianism depends on thinking that property rights are absolute, or on fetishizing individual liberty. This work argues that, on the contrary, the foundations of libertarianism can be found in widely shared, everyday moral beliefs - particularly in strictures against shifting our burdens onto others. The core of libertarianism, on this interpretation, lies not in an exaggerated sense of our rights against other people, but in modesty about what we can demand from them.

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