A Critique of Lester’s Account of Liberty
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IN ESCAPE FROM LEVIATHAN, J.C. Lester argues for what he calls “the compatibility thesis.” This thesis states that, in practice, and in the long term, there are no systematic clashes between interpersonal liberty, general welfare, and market anarchy (Lester, 2012, 2). Lester offers an explanation of the conception of liberty expressed in this compatibility thesis as absence of imposed cost. He argues (2012, 3-4, 57, 60-61, 75-76, 78) that this conception:
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