Comments on: The Great Libertarian Dilemma http://www.pointbite.com/2007/12/26/the-great-libertarian-dilemma/ pointbite.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:20:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DrTodd http://www.pointbite.com/2007/12/26/the-great-libertarian-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-62 DrTodd Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:26:35 +0000 http://www.pointbite.com/2007/12/26/the-great-libertarian-dilemma/#comment-62 There are two kinds of libertarians. Those who prefer it because they believe it maximizes societal "goodness" and those who believe it because they think that the alternate (forced wealth redistribution, forced charity, etc.) is immoral. This author ignores morality and assumes that societal goodness is what should be maximized. The kind of behavior tolerated by a society that accepts this axiom is limited only by what is fashionable. When tough times comes, people will look for scapegoats and convince themselves society would be better off without Jews or homosexuals or gypsies or Christians or whatever. What a "good" society is will never be agreed upon by all members of a society and this is why there are constant political arguments. Before we can agree whether libertarianism or socialism better meets our societal goals, we must first define what our goals are. There are two kinds of libertarians. Those who prefer it because they believe it maximizes societal “goodness” and those who believe it because they think that the alternate (forced wealth redistribution, forced charity, etc.) is immoral. This author ignores morality and assumes that societal goodness is what should be maximized. The kind of behavior tolerated by a society that accepts this axiom is limited only by what is fashionable. When tough times comes, people will look for scapegoats and convince themselves society would be better off without Jews or homosexuals or gypsies or Christians or whatever. What a “good” society is will never be agreed upon by all members of a society and this is why there are constant political arguments. Before we can agree whether libertarianism or socialism better meets our societal goals, we must first define what our goals are.

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