RSSLibertarian Philosophy: A Primer
J.J. Jackson | December 27, 2011
Libertarian philosophy is often summarized as the rights of one person ending when they smack another person in the nose. But such a summary overlooks the fact that the person in danger of being struck in the nose has the indisputable right to prevent himself or herself being so harmed. Libertarian philosophy prohibits even the threat, even if only implied, of one person striking another. At its core it adheres to the basic tenant that upon the threat being uncovered of such an action the citizen who is in danger has the utmost right to defend his or her person with all available force against this threat and the person making this threat indeed loses many rights upon the very issuance of said threat.
By properly defining libertarianism in this manner it casts it in its full light which is that of a belief that rights are able to be forcibly rather than passively defended.
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J.J. Jackson is a libertarian conservative author from Pittsburgh, PA who has been writing and promoting individual liberty since 1993 and is President of Land of the Free Studios, Inc. He is the Pittsburgh Conservative Examiner for Examiner.com. He is also the owner of The Right Things - Conservative T-shirts & Gifts. His weekly commentary along with exclusives not available anywhere else can be found at LibertyReborn.com (Digital Fingerprint: libertyreborn123456789)
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