Libertarianism
Policies and laws
No moral legislation
No redistribution of income of wealth
No paternalism
let individual chose the risk level
oppose using coercive force of law to promote notion of virtue
Arguments against Libetarianism criticisms, and objections
leave it to individuals to decide what they want to do with money
Supporting logic
Rober Nozick
requirement for distribution justice
Milton Friedman
High tax rate reduce incentive to work/invest => Decline in productivity
interfering with freedom of individual to enter in voluntary contract with ones another
against charity organization to help needed people
Individual rights
favors in minimal states, limited to enforce contracts and protect property rights
rejects idea that promote a just distribution
against equal income, utility, and provision of basic needs
The poor need the money more
Individual's success is due to other people; therefore, people owes debts to those who contribute to their success
Taxation is not as bad as forced labor
justice in transfer to make money
initial holding
resources that people used to make money were legitimately
theirs in the first place
Objection: State shouldn't force people to make that choice; different people value different things
if people made money either through free exchanges in the market
downfall
there is no way to identify if the money was made legally or not generations ago
Objection: textStealing from the rich and giving to the poor is still stealing
Objection: Other people has already been paid the market value to their services
Taxation is on par with force labor
forcing taxation is same as taking individual's time on behalf of the states forcing property right over the person
self-ownership
People are abided by the majority's decision, rich people should pay more tax since the majority wants it
Objection: Consent is not enough;If democratic consent justifies the taking of property, it would also justify the taking of liberty
contrast1: person vs slavery'
contrast2: labor vs forced labor
contrast3: fruits of labor vs taxation
Favors free market
Libertarianism view: respect individual's choice and freedom
Utilitarianism view: promote general welfare without hurting others
Voluntarily Army & Utilitarianism Argument
Use free market system (volunteer army)
Conscription allowing paid substitues
Conscription
use draft system to recruit armed forces
Libertarianism view: slavery, violates of 13th amendment
human organ argument
Libertarian: it is their choice to decide whether to sell or not own human organ
Some people are more lucky, their success shouldn't come from that. People shouldn't claim credit to their natural gifts
Objection: If one doesn't own their talent and skills, then they don't own themselves.If I own my body, my life, and my person, I should be free to do whatever I want with them (provided I don’t harm others).
only poor will sell it for their benefits
rich people will not sell it
they have no choice but to sell it under their economic circumstances
idea of self-ownership
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
turning a civic duty into marketable good does not increase freedom, but rather undermines it
Surrogacy pregnent
Promote the general welfare
Libertarianism view: freedom of choice
Objections
Objection1: Tainted consent
Objection2: Degradation and higher goods
Elizabeth Anderson
the contract degrade children and women's labor by treating them as if they were commodities
we can exercise free choice only if we are not pressured