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Winter 2018

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 33, Number 4

Categories: Winter 2018 | Libertarianism | Utilitarianism

An Epitome of Libertarianism

Eric Mack, Tulane University

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AnEpitomeofLibertarianismEricMackTulaneUniversityTheJournalofPrivateEnterprise33(4),2018,1–20______________________________________________________AbstractLibertarianism(Mack2018)setsouttoprovideilluminatingaccountsandassessmentsofthephilosophicalargumentsthathavebeenmadeonbehalfoflibertarianconclusions.Onethemeofthatbookisthatthreephilosophicalapproachesdominatetheseendeavorstovindicatelibertarianconclusions.Theyarethenaturalrightsapproach,thecooperation-tomutual-advantageapproach,andtheindirectutilitarianapproach.ThisessayexplainsthenatureofthesethreeapproachesandthedifferencesamongthembytracingtheirdevelopmentinthewritingsoftheoristssuchasJohnLocke,DavidHume,HerbertSpencer,RobertNozick,andF.A.Hayek.______________________________________________________JELCodes:B12,P14Keywords:libertarianism,naturalrights,cooperation,mutualadvantage,indirectutilitarianism,separatenessofpersonsI.IntroductionIuse“epitome”intheold-fashionedsenseinwhichitmeansanilluminatingsynopsisofalargerbodyofwork.Inthatsense,thisessayisanepitomeoflibertarianismontwolevels.Itis,Ibelieve,anilluminatingsynopsisofcorethemesfrommyrecentbook,Libertarianism(Mack2018).And,Ibelieve,thatrecentbookitselfisanilluminatingaccountofkeyideasthathavebeenofferedindefenseoftheunderlyingprinciplesoflibertariandoctrine—includingthatdoctrine’saffirmationofarobustprivatepropertyandmarket-basedeconomicorder.Thisessayfocusesonthreephilosophicalapproachesinsupportoflibertarianconclusions:thenaturalrightsapproach,thecooperation-to-mutual-advantageapproach,andtheindirectutilitarian(orindirectconsequentialist)approach.Libertarianismitselfdelvesmoredeeplyintotheargumentsthatcharacterizetheseapproaches.Oneunderstatedthemeofthisessay(andofLibertarianism)isthattheindirectutilitarianapproachtendstomorphintothecooperation-to-mutual-advantageapproach,andat

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Title	An Epitome of Libertarianism
Authors/Creators:	Eric Mack, Tulane University
Year:	2018
Volume:	33
Number:	4
Pages:	1 - 20
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	libertarianism, natural rights, cooperation, mutual advantage, indirect utilitarianism, separateness of persons

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Mack, Eric / 2018. "An Epitome of Libertarianism." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 33(4): 1-20.