Today being a Sunday and myself being a Christian, I went looking for something theological to write about. And eventually I found something. Apparently, some people consider libertarianism to be incompatible with Christianity. Obviously, I disagree. So on this Sunday, August 4, 2013, I am going to look at an objection some Christians have to libertarianism. Continue reading
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Project August: Day 4 – Are Libertarianism and Christianity Incompatible?
Posted in Anti-libertarianism, Argumentation, Christianity, Libertarianism, Morality, Philosophy, Politics, Project August with tags Bible, Christian tradition, Christianity, doctrine, liberarianism, Morality, philosophy, political philosophy, Politics, social philosophy, society, theology, Thomas Aquinas on August 4, 2013 by Xajow
Concerning Libertarianism: On the “Cynicism” of Libertarian Philosophy (Updated Version)
Posted in Anti-libertarianism, Argumentation, Concerning Libertarianism, Government, Libertarianism, Morality, Philosophy, Politics with tags amoral, amorality, Anti-libertarianism, common good, good of society, government, immoral, immorality, individual liberty, individual rights, libertarian, Libertarianism, libertarians, liberty, moral, Morality, philosophy, political cynicism, political morality, political optimism, political philosophy, Politics, public good, social philosophy, social welfare, society on July 23, 2013 by XajowYou may be thinking I just posted this the other day. But that post was not as well made as it should have been. So I made some changes. This is the updated and (hopefully) improved version.
One of the popular criticisms (and by criticism in this instance I mean denigration) of libertarianism these days seems to be that libertarianism is little more than cynicism. The implied idea being that libertarianism has no ideological footing or moral standing and therefore is just something snarky kooks use to pick on the poor ol’ government that is just trying to help people. Which is, of course, a fully erroneous idea. Libertarianism is, in fact, both moral and optimistic. Continue reading →
Concerning Libertarianism: On the “Cynicism” of Libertarian Philosophy
Posted in Anti-libertarianism, Argumentation, Concerning Libertarianism, Government, Libertarianism, Morality, Philosophy, Politics with tags Anti-libertarianism, common good, good of society, government, libertarian, Libertarianism, libertarians, political cynicism, political morality, political optimism, political philosophy, Politics, public good, social welfare on July 19, 2013 by XajowOne of the popular criticisms (and by criticism in this instance I mean denigration) of libertarianism these days seems to be that libertarianism is little more than cynicism. The implied idea in that criticism being that libertarianism has no ideological footing or moral standing and is just something snarky kooks use to pick on the poor ol’ government that is just trying to help people. Which is, of course, a fully erroneous idea. Libertarianism is, in fact, moral and optimistic. Continue reading →