libertarianism
Freedom-first political philosophy
Libertarianism is a political philosophy that emphasizes individual liberty and minimal government intervention.
Libertarians typically favor free markets, civil liberties, and personal autonomy while opposing taxation, regulation, and state control over private life.
The philosophy spans a spectrum from those who want drastically reduced government to anarcho-capitalists who reject the state entirely.
His libertarianism made him skeptical of both conservative social policies and liberal economic ones.
Noninterference in commerce
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- privatizationState sells public assets
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
gold-standard · entrepreneurship · competition · contract · anarcho-capitalism
Exclusive bodily authority
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
- self-directionControlling one's own choices
consent · free-will · agency · choice · independence · noninterference · privacy · decentralization
Doctrine of personal independence
- objectivismBelief in external truths
- consequentialismEthics judging by results
- deontologyMorality based on obligations
- homesteadingSelf-reliant land-based lifestyle
Personal rights limiting government
- constitutionalismGovernance bound by fundamental laws
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- non-interventionismAvoid foreign entanglements doctrine
- anti-authoritarianismOpposition to concentrated power
Direct effort for reform
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- think-tankExpert advisory organization
- third-partyExternal, uninvolved entity
- platformRaised flat structure
Network interconnection point
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- self-defenseProtecting oneself from harm
- proportionalityScaling relationship between quantities
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
live-and-let-live · tolerance · neutrality · non-interventionism · diplomacy · antiwar · conflict-resolution · mediation
laissez-faire
Noninterference in commerce
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- privatizationState sells public assets
deregulation · gold-standard · entrepreneurship · competition · contract · anarcho-capitalism
self-ownership
Exclusive bodily authority
- self-governanceIndependent management of affairs
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- self-relianceDepending on oneself alone
self-direction · consent · free-will · agency · choice · independence · noninterference · privacy · decentralization · empowerment
individualism
Doctrine of personal independence
- objectivismBelief in external truths
- consequentialismEthics judging by results
- deontologyMorality based on obligations
civil-liberties
Personal rights limiting government
- constitutionalismGovernance bound by fundamental laws
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- non-interventionismAvoid foreign entanglements doctrine
anti-authoritarianism · decentralization · anti-censorship · sovereignty
activism
Direct effort for reform
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- think-tankExpert advisory organization
- third-partyExternal, uninvolved entity
NAP
Network interconnection point
- nonviolencePrincipled rejection of force
- self-defenseProtecting oneself from harm
- proportionalityScaling relationship between quantities
restitution · live-and-let-live · tolerance · neutrality · non-interventionism · diplomacy · antiwar · conflict-resolution · mediation
- ismscapitalism, socialism, communism, anarchism, racism
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, socialism, socialist
- political theoryanarchism, authoritarianism, conservatism, democracy, fascism
- free marketsfree market, free enterprise, free trade, free markets, laissez-faire
- ideologiescapitalism, communism, conservatism, socialism, anarchism
- Political Movementsfeminism, environmentalism, conservatism, populism, progressivism
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Concentrated, unchecked governmental power
totalitarianism · statism · despotism · tyranny · fascism
libertarianismcollectivism
Group primacy doctrine
communism · socialism · communitarianism · Marxism · social democracy
libertarianismcentral planning
Government directs all production
command economy · interventionism · Keynesianism · mercantilism · protectionism
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