Libertarian

In past years, Republican-controlled state houses have been taking away cities rights to enact their own laws. The most recent example is North Carolina’s new law, the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, or as it is more commonly known as, HB 2. Passed in March, this law overrides “Charlotte’s law that said transgender people in the state’s largest city could use bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity.” (Barbash). HB 2 also nullified some local statutes that would’ve increased…

action and, hence, that the only legitimate state is a minimal state that restricts its activities to the protection of the rights of life, liberty, property, and contract” (Mack, Eric, Summer 2015 Edition). On the question of tar sands expansion, a libertarian would argue that we can prevent the expansion of the tar sands if the costs of preventing it are less than the benefits of doing…

we do solely from our prior causes. Circumstantial freedom is just that we are still in this realm and can still make our own decisions but with affects still taking place. We are still in cause and effect but we choose what happens. Juror one (libertarian): I don’t buy it, this is nonsense! We are in control, circumstantial freedom is ridiculous! Todd is responsible and can change in jail! Juror three (hard determinist): No! He had no control on what he did, why would he need to go to jail? We…

Stop Blaming Houston’s Libertarian Zoning for Hurricane Harvey’s Destruction INTRODUCTION Managing editor of the Federalist, Gracy Olmstead wrote the article Stop Blaming Houston’s Libertarian Zoning for Hurricane Harvey’s Destruction, that is full of opinions about who to blame for the zoning done in Houston. In this article, Olmstead is arguing that the libertarian’s are not to be blamed for the culprits of Hurricane Harvey’s damage. She feels that the blame should be pointed towards the media…

two major parties. There are many third parties in the American politics. The three main third political parties are the Libertarian party, the Constitution party, and the Green party and these parties can effect American politics by bringing in new ideas, and addressing issues that were not mentioned by the two main parties. According to the Webster’s dictionary, a Libertarian is “a person who upholds the principles of individual liberty especially of thought and action.” This party was…

landscape. While William thinks and talks like a conservative, at heart he is a coward who is unwilling to stand up for his beliefs. William’s college advisor recommends William for a teaching position in a network of charter schools started by a libertarian-leaning organization called The Movement. William attends a seminar where he learns more about The Movement. An exotically beautiful woman named TABITHA COUTURE and The Movement’s powerfully charismatic leader EDWARD BIRCH seduce William.…

agents with libertarian freedom who cannot choose wrong freely, instead of significantly free agents who could choose wrong. This is because traditional theists believe that both agents who make it to heaven and God have libertarian freedom yet cannot choose wrong freely. Second, they believe God, who is morally perfect, has libertarian freedom but cannot choose wrong freely. In this paper, I will argue that even if both beliefs are true, God cannot directly create agents with libertarian…

the arguments and seeing all of the facts. There are two different but very important sides on how immigration should be dealt with; should the United States allow immigration into the country or should they try to control it. Supporters of the libertarian theory or the property theory, you feel that immigration is not a problem for the United States and should not be restricted. On the opposing side, theorist argue that…

Notions of labor markets, commodity markets, and human nature are comparably different in Marxist and Libertarian societies. After examining the Marxist and Libertarian ideologies discussed in this paper, a reader should understand why the Marxist point of view is preferred in each of the three covered topics Even when presenting counterarguments against Marxist ideas, the Marxist point of view remains the clear choice over Libertarianism. Before going in-depth with labor and commodity markets…

Whether or not one likes the fact that political parties are a part of politics today, they are here to stay and make it easy to affiliate ones general opinions on governmental issues. However, once political parties came to be, so did an everlasting conflict between opposing sides that results in not much getting done at times, such as the term gridlock. Political parties allow one to get a sense for another’s opinions, but create tension and conflict due to the wide variety of beliefs.…