ELEUTHERIC-CONJECTURAL LIBERTARIANISM: A CONCISE PHILOSOPHICAL EXPLANATION

The two purposes of this essay. general philosophical problem with most versions social libertarianism and how essay will proceed. specific liberty explained by a thought-experiment. positive abstract theory interpersonal liberty-in-itself as ‘the absence initiated constraints on want-satisfaction’, for short ‘no imposed costs’. individualistic liberty-maximisation solves the problems clashes, defences, rectifications without entailing libertarian consequentialism. practical implications instantiating liberty: three rules liberty-in-practice, 1) initial ultimate control one’s body, 2) used resources, 3) consensual interactions resource transfers. These are economically efficient maximise want-satisfaction. Private property legal remedies additional institutional aspects, but to which ‘initiated costs’ then apply prima facie. Libertarian law is often mistaken complete libertarianism. Moral explanations separate issue. main moral theories imply libertarianism, it can be morally posited independently them. Critical rationalism its application. No empirical or argumentative support theories. An important ambiguity ‘justification’. How epistemology applies application remains separable in principle. Conclusion: there further published should enough generate useful criticism. Appendix replying some typical comments.