[841] in libertarians
[vimrich@MIT.EDU: Imposing Values]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (damartin@volta.mit.edu)
Wed Mar 22 15:25:00 1995
Reply-To: damartin@volta.mit.edu
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 95 15:22:50 EST
From: damartin@volta.mit.edu
To: libertarians@MIT.EDU
>Libertarianism imposes only what I call "meta-values" that is "you can have
>any values you want so long as you do not deprive other's the
>opportunity to choose themselves." The values imposed are things like
But a meta-value is still a value. You are still restricting
someone else (not allowing them to enslave, steal, and murder) because
of the way you view right and wrong. I agree that is a less
restrictive set of values that many others propose. In fact, one way
of defining libertarianism might be that it attempts to minimize the
set of values imposed on society,i.e.,
LIBERTARIANISM = MIN(VALUES(IMPOSED_ON_SOCIETY))
Notice the blatant attempt to introduce math into politics. I
must go to MIT!:-)
-David Martin
