Left Libertarians vs Right Libertarians

in #liberty3 years ago

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If a pillar of Libertarianism is tolerance and acceptance of different ways, let’s recognize the ways the Right Libertarian (“Brutalist”) merely has a preference for different values than the Left Libertarian (“Humanitarian”) and let’s label these two sub-types in a way that is more representative and accepting of their underlying values.

I propose, instead of “Brutalist” and “Humanitarian”, we use “Right or Absolutist” and “Left or Contextualist” and in so doing, remove some of the moral judgement the terms may bring and recognize the equivalent values held most dear to each of these two Libertarian sub-types.

This article seeks to shed some light and clarity on the issue and hopefully, reduce the demonization and increase understanding and acceptance between these subgroups.

This analysis was inspired by an insightful article written by Jeffrey Tucker titled “Against Libertarian Brutalism” in 2014:
https://fee.org/articles/against-Libertarian-brutalism.

I believe Jeffrey Tucker is making a distinction between “law/rules” and “culture/intent/spirit”. He’s saying yeah, of course we want to build a world where the “rules” support choice to discriminate and at the same time, let’s build a culture that encourages acceptance. These are not mutually exclusive ideals.

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For those who are into Nonviolent Communication (NVC): The above labels, “Absolutist” and “Contextualist”, are still potentially evaluative labels. Yet they do not carry as much of a morally judgemental kick as “Brutalist” and “Humanitarian”. More on moral judgement vs. value judgement here: https://clearsay.net/language-of-liberation.

Full article on Left vs Right Libertarians:
https://clearsay.net/left-libertarians-vs-right-libertarians.

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