Right-libertarianism or right libertarianism is a phrase used by some to describe either non-collectivist forms of libertarianism[1] or a variety of different libertarian views some label "right" of mainstream libertarianism including "libertarian conservatism."
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy calls it "right libertarianism" but states: "Libertarianism is often thought of as 'right-wing' doctrine. This, however, is mistaken for at least two reasons. First, on social—rather than economic—issues, libertarianism tends to be 'left-wing'. It opposes laws that restrict consensual and private sexual relationships between adults (e.g., gay sex, non-marital sex, and deviant sex), laws that restrict drug use, laws that impose religious views or practices on individuals, and compulsory military service. Second, in addition to the better-known version of libertarianism—right-libertarianism—there is also a version known as 'left-libertarianism'. Both endorse full self-ownership, but they differ with respect to the powers agents have to appropriate unappropriated natural resources (land, air, water, etc.)."[2]
Anthony Gregory writes that "left- and right-libertarianism can refer to any number of varying and at times mutually exclusive political orientations." He lists some of the right wing references as: being "interested mainly in 'economic freedoms'"; following the "conservative lifestyle of right-libertarians"; seeking "others to embrace their own conservative lifestyle"; considering big business "as a great victim of the state"; favoring a "strong national defense"; having "an Old Right opposition to empire." He holds that the real issue is not right or left but "whether a person sees the state as a major hazard or just another institution to be reformed and directed toward a political goal."[3]
Samuel Edward Konkin III defined the term "right-libertarianism" as an "activist, organization, publication or tendency which supports parliamentarianism exclusively as a strategy for reducing or abolishing the state, typically opposes Counter-Economics, either opposes the LP or works to drag it right and prefers coalitions with supposedly “free-market” conservatives.[4] He wrote in "New Libertarian Manifesto" about the right-libertarian "anti-principles" of gradualism, conservatism, reformism and minarchism. He labeled as "right-libertarianism" libertarian conservatism, constitutionalism, small government conservatism and paleolibertarianism.[5][6]
See also
- Liberal theory of economics
- Left-libertarianism
- Monetarism
- Negative liberty
- Positive liberty
- Open Economy
- Propertarian
References
- ^ Serena Olsaretti, Liberty, Desert and the Market: A Philosophical Study, Cambridge University Press, 2004, 14, 88, 100.
- ^ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Libertarianism, Stanford University, July 24, 2006 version.
- ^ Anthony Gregory, Left, Right, Moderate and Radical, LewRockwell.com, December 21, 2006.
- ^ Konkin, Samuel Edward. "AGORIST". Agorist.org. http://www.agorist.org/. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "New Libertarian Manifesto". http://agorism.info/NewLibertarianManifesto.pdf.
- ^ "Interview With Samuel Edward Konkin III". http://www.spaz.org/~dan/individualist-anarchist/software/konkin-interview.html.
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