Talk:Libertarianism/OverviewDraft

Intro

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Outlines and lists

Outline/summary of terminology usage in sources

NOTE: This outline shows the conceptual relationships of the related ideologies and reflects conflicting/contradictory usage of some terms in the sources

• Libertarianism (in the broad sense)
  • Right-libertarianism (Usually "libertarianism" in contemporary US/UK/Australia/Canada usage though sometimes referenced with the more specific qualifier, "right-libertarianism", to distinguish from left-libertarianism); pro-property-rights; This usage of libertarian is considered to be 'idiosyncratic' by Chomsky); A.k.a. classical liberalism and simply "liberalism" in early 20th century and prior; Has advocates who give a morality-based justification (e.g., Ayn Rand, Nozick, Boaz) as well as others who give a consequentialist justification of libertarianism (e.g., Milton Friedman, Ludwig von Mises); these variants recognize private property rights, even with respect to natural resources; based on the non-aggression principle and so spans from Anarcho-capitalism to Minarchism and Objectivism (Ayn Rand)
    • Minarchism (of the typical Nozickean conception) advocated by R Nozick, M. Friedman; idealizes a society containing legal/recognized governance with authority limited to a small number of functions
    • Anarcho-capitalism is a right-libertarian strain of thought originally advocated by MN Rothbard; idealizes a propertarian society without legal/recognized government
  • New left movement (also The Libertarian Left[1]). May be distinguishable from contemporary left-libertarianism (in its synonymous use for libertarian socialism). Describes the views of left-Rothbardians[2] and agorists like Samuel E. Konkin III and Karl Hess; associated with geolibertarians, mutualists, among others
  • Libertarian socialism or left-libertarianism a.k.a. socialisme libertaire; usually "libertarian socialism" in contemporary English usage, but often left-libertarianism and sometimes, libertarianism ; known as "libertarian" in contemporary continental (non-English) European usage and in English usage prior to the 1950s; anti-individual-property-rights;

Usage notes:

1. Depending on context, "libertarianism" can refer to any one of the usages above, and in some tertiary sources is used in a broad sense to refer to all of these forms in toto.
2. In some sources the terms "left-libertarianism" and "right-libertarianism" are used to distinguish strains by historical origin (from the traditional left or right) the two forms of propertian (or non-socialistic) libertarianism (as shown in the outline). [ http://praxeology.net/historical-justice.doc] In other sources "left-libertarianism" and "right-libertarianism" are used to distinguish libertarian socialism from the contemporary sense of the term libertarianism, as often used in some major English-speaking countries.

List of Common Tenets

• Maximize individual freedom
  • Minimize authority over individuals
    • Minimize power of the state (to varying degrees, including reducing it to zero)
    • Use or threat of force by anyone against anyone else is not tolerated except in self-defense and retaliation
    • State-established religion not tolerated.
    • Freedom of individual religious worship defended (assuming this is true for lib soc; if not, please delete)

List of tenets exclusive to libertarian socialism

• Contest or eliminate customs and institutions that claim social power and authority
  • Create the conditions for individual self-actualisation (note: not sure if this covers min and anarchocap conceptions of 'freedom from' being for the purpose of self-actualisation. feel free to del)
    • Against established religion through to militant atheism (note: help needed from US traditions, is atheism as much a streak as in libsoc? feel free to del)
    • Broadly for education as a social virtue, including autodidact streaks (note: is this quite as true with regard to US traditions? feel free to del)
    • Economic compulsion is viewed to be a use of force
    • Use or threat of force or compulsion in economic relationships by anyone against anyone else or their economic situation (including via fraud) is not tolerated except in self-defense and retaliation (note: not 100% sure this is common to all forms, particularly libertarian socialism; delete if not; broadened attempting to cover libertarian socialist conceptions by Fifelfoo, but would need lots of clear disambiguation when discussing libsocs)

List of libertarian tenets that are not part of libertarian socialism

• Property rights (freedom to buy, sell, rent in mutually beneficial exchanges) is fundamental to individual liberty.
• Freedom of religion including establishment of religion is an aspect of individual liberty.
  • Compulsory religion is no more tolerated than is prohibition of religious practices.
• Economic compulsion outside of forced slavery is not viewed to be a use of force.
  • If a given worker has no better choice than to work for a given employer at the offered wage, that is not the fault or responsibility of the employer (the worker would be even worse off without that choice, by definition, or he would choose the better choice).
  • Any third party, including the state, which forces a change in employer-employee agreed terms is considered to be an act of initiating force.
  • No employer has any obligation to any employee, or vice versa, beyond that to which they both free agree (including wages, benefits, hours, work conditions, etc.).
  • The employer-employee relationship is seen as an equal partnership in which the employee trades his time and labor to do as the employer requires in exchange for wages which make the exchange worthwhile to both (at least relative to any other options that are available).

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