Libertarian

In Security vs Civil Liberties by Richard Posner, Posner addresses that liberty and security should be balanced by not prioritizing liberty. Although libertarians believe that concerns about national security will lead to the erosion of civil liberties, Richard Posner recognizes that the government needs to do a better job in regulating liberty for the national security of our country. Throughout history, the United States has continually underestimated dangers to our country. For example…

Second, while American’s political culture is quite unique compared to other nations, there are a great deal debate on how the government should be run. As a result, many political parties have arisen each differing slightly or drastically from one another. The two most prominent parties are the Republican (Red America) and Democrat (Blue America). A Republican can be defined as someone who prefers a small government that provides less services for America. They are generally opposed to gay…

a sense, they feel society should be more laid-back than those who believe in utilitarianism. The belief that citizens should face less intervention is very applicable to the unnecessary collection of personal information. Those who follow the libertarian ethical theory would not support the collection of personal information. Because they prefer a society with minimal intervention from authority figures, they would disagree with those authority figures collecting their personal information.…

Keystone XL: A Pipeline Fueling Debate The Keystone Pipeline XL, a large pipeline that has been proposed to transport oil from the Canada to the United States, has led to controversy recently. Why is there so much debate, you may ask, when it has, “the support of an increasing number of Democrats, as well as the vast majority of Republicans in Congress” (Steinhauer, 2012)? There are many disputes between political parties and groups in the U.S., but what is special about the Keystone Pipeline…

However, that all changed when the race riots and the Vietnam war in the 60’s and 70’s came, the people’s view of the government shifted back to a more libertarian state. A name that many American’s, if not all, are familiar with is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Many know the story behind Dr. King and why he protested. He rallied against the discrimination of black Americans saying that they had the same rights…

Is Obedience a problem for America? I have read the articles and watched the videos about statism, saying that Americans are basically a herd of cattle following along doing what they are told, and not questioning whether this is the right thing to do. Laws which in this article basically add up to rules put in place by our forefathers. Not questioning if we are truly free. These articles and videos imply that we are all part of a cult, that we are unaware of even being a part of it.…

standard for all, which would be unfair. I believe that part of being a libertarian is having the understanding that people are going to think, believe, act, associate and disassociate in ways that others will most likely disapprove of. It is precisely in these situations where we must stand firm in support of the non-aggression principle. One of the main issues I see with libertarianism being too “thin” is that thin libertarians see any justification of liberty as acceptable; it’s as if…

deserve punishment from a legal system. Punishment could serve as the cause for stopping future crimes. Despite this logical defense, the absence of accountability is still disturbing. On the other hand, libertarianism too has unsettling flaws. Libertarians make the extreme claim that science is limited to non-humans, because we have souls and they are a non-physical source of change in the world. I believe that the soul and body are not distinct entities since there is no sufficient evidence…

hard to see the right that the government has done when people tend to only notice the bad as even stated in the article “One of the most persistent myths about American government is that it has a poor record of achievement. Conservatives and libertarians have constantly promoted the idea that government fails more often than it succeeds. They have been telling Americans for years that government…

The underlying idea that Bradley seeks to argue in “Positive rights, negative rights and health care” is the necessity for universal access to healthcare. By providing moral, legal, and foreign perspectives in his reasoning, Bradley gives true depth to his argument, allowing him to prove his position that the right to health care is indispensable. Bradley clearly shows why health care should be considered a right by setting the conditions that in order for something to be…