Libertarian

When creating the perfect country, some fundamental concepts must first be defined. For example, the state has multiple views. There are contractarian views defended by Hobbes, Locke, and Rouseau as well as the liberal view of the state. Defined by Weber, the state is “…a human community that successfully claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory” (Weber 1958). There are three components in creating a state. First there is the nation state, which is a…

Mackey uses ethos by quoting an American economist Milton Friedman, stating that “the only social responsibility a law-abiding business has is to maximize profits for the shareholders” (Mackey 452) in order to disagree that he is a free market libertarian. Next, he also uses pathos by telling the reader that his company, Whole Food Market, not just only take costumers into consideration, but also the employees, the investors, the vendors, the communities, and the environment as a whole. The use…

The evidence he uses can be separated into two sections: The historical libertarian ideas and the actual framing of the Bill of Rights. The historical libertarian ideas encompass the ideas of the armed civilian on the character of the nation, the fear of tyrannical governments and a comparison of American republican virtue with decadence and disarmament under European…

reading these two arguments much like myself we tend to think that both seem right and at the same time both seem wrong. Based on the inconsistent triad and the principle of alternate possibilities we cannot rationally hold both the views of a libertarian and one of a determinist. (inconsistent triad = a set of three propositions, only two of which can be true at one time) (POAP = an action is free if and only if the person doing the thing could have done otherwise). but luckily for the fence…

experiences would not have any effect on how we go about our beliefs and desires. Extrinsic factors do in fact play a role in a person’s desires and intentions, but a person is not always going to act based off of those factors. This is where the libertarian statement comes in, “same past, different future.” Based off prior experiences that we have come across within our lifetime, we as humans have the time to reflect and figure out how we want to act out our beliefs and desires. Whether the…

Andersen begins by saying Republicans “got loopy.. by overdoing libertarianism. I have some libertarian tendencies, but at full-strength purity it’s an ideology most boys grow out of. On the American right since the ‘80s, however, they have not” (32). Firstly, Andersen mentions that the GOP became crazy by overdoing libertarianism. He tries to forge a connection between the audience by saying he has “libertarian tendencies” as well. But that connection is ultimately broken by his next statement.…

page, she does use a lot of bias sources. Authors with strong libertarian values wrote both the book The Morality of Gay Rights: An Exploration in Political Philosophy by Carlos Ball and Families of Value: Gay and Lesbian Parents and Their Children Speak Out by Jane Drucker (7). Even though her sources are bias, she is not trying to manipulate the audience because she is preaching to the choir. The article was published in libertarian websites and publications. Her audience already reads…

My generation, Gen Z, is projected to be one of the most conservative generations yet, we very clearly buck the Churchill quote “ if you are not a socialist in your twenties you don't have a heart, if you are a socialist in your 40’s you don't have a brain.” But do we truly not have a heart. I would certainly say I do, at the very least, I've given many hours to charity, many dollars to charity, given a room in my house to help a homeless man get back on his feet. It should be noted however that…

present, explain, and critically evaluate compatibilism. I will then consider, but ultimately reject, the following two objections against compatibilism: the hard determinists’ beliefs that we have no free will due to causal determinism and the libertarians’ belief that we are not causally determined. Compatibilism is the belief that causal determinism and free will are both true. Causal determinism is the idea that “all events are caused,” and events only happen if particular causes of those…

Judith Thomson argues that even if a fetus is a person, abortion is not murder or wrongful killing when conception is a product of rape,when the mother’s life is endangered, or when the mother has taken reasonable precautions to avoid being pregnant. Thomson uses analogical reasoning to show that in these situations, abortion is a woman’s choice and is not murder. In the case of rape, Thomson uses the sick violinist example as an analogy to this situation. Suppose if a person was kidnapped and a…