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Second, she works out an account of human agency that is credible though different from that presupposed by libertarianism.

To put it bluntly, possibly counter-cultural sensibilities and sexual libertarianism are embraced furtively (albeit loudly) to partly camouflage a solid and respectable professional middle-class lifestyle.

A favorite Wired icon for the information feedback loop, a dragon curling in a circle to swallow its own tail, could become more apt as a symbol of the timeless libertarian paradox: Monopoly verging on feudalism emerges from unregulated competition to bite libertarianism in the posterior.

Starting from first principles, he sets out to discover whether it is possible to weave a logically sound defense of libertarianism that does not end in untestable intuitions about the "natural rights" of the individual.

The quintessential American belief in individualism and self-reliance reflects the influence of libertarianism. The emphasis of Louis Sullivan, MD, Secretary of Health and Human Services, on individual responsibility and self-reliance as an antidote to government control typifies a libertarian perspective.

The nice thing about libertarianism is that you don't really need permission from someone else's cultural or political tribe to adopt it.

Key words: Animal torture, libertarianism, law, morality

Contrary to the editors of The American Conservative ["Libertarianism's Limits," Jan./Feb.

The emphasis of social conservatism on tradition, order, and faith sometimes appears incompatible with libertarianism's focus on a pure free market with no restrictions on individual freedom.

From one perspective, this article will consider the question of why conservatism and liberalism each has so many adherents, while libertarianism has merely a dedicated few.

Jason Brennan's Libertarianism is an excellent book.

In his well-known introduction to contemporary political philosophy, (1) Will Kymlicka includes a substantial chapter on libertarianism, plus a preface and introduction that are also relevant to the topic.