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, ...

Libertarianism enshrines individual autonomy as its central political principle, but it has been criticized for applying this principle selectively. Reproductive decisions can stress the concept of by placing into conflict claimed rights each biological parent to choose. Two studies (N1 = 296; N2 580) show that among U.S. participants, libertarianism is associated with opposition women's reprod...

IT IS OBVIOUS FROM his review of my book that J.H. Huebert holds me in genuine high esteem. This saddens him all the more for, in his view, I have squandered my talents on so unworthy a topic as Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty, which he characterizes as “an unfortunate waste of talent for a powerful mind such as Randy Barnett’s” (p. 108). While there is much that I d...

Abstract Much has been written about climate change from an ethical view in general, but less it a libertarian point of particular. In this paper, I apply the moral theory to problem change. focus on libertarianism’s implications for our individual emissions. argue that (i) even if emissions cause no harm others, these cross other people’s boundaries, (ii) although boundary-crossings are due ‘s...