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Libertarianism as a Programmatically Incoherent Social Philosophy

4 pointsby bunbunbunover 3 years ago

2 comments

aksssover 3 years ago
Absolute totalitarianism is probably the only programmatically coherent social philosophy - it puts the "program" into programmatically. That has nothing to do with its appropriateness for the human condition.
readflaggedcommover 3 years ago
&gt;Libertarianism boasts a very tightly reasoned and ostensibly compelling account of how social life should be ordered.<p>I thought it was the opposite of this. My preconception is reinforced by their description of the importance of the philosophy of self-ownership.<p>The whole &quot;rectification&quot; argument seems to be based on a misunderstanding of the concept of &quot;justice&quot;, which is some kind of dog whistle. The author uses it to justify absurdities, whereas Nozick likely clarified its scope. But I haven&#x27;t read his book, though I have it on my shelf, and the author deliberately obscures how close their conceptions of justice match, so I&#x27;m not sure how far off this is.