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Fall 2004

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 20, Number 1

Categories: Fall 2004 | Freedom

Liberty versus Morality : The Free Society's Troublesome Solution

Tibor R. Machan, Chapman University

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LibertyversusMorality:TheFreeSociety=sTroublesomeSolutionTiborR.MachanChapmanUniversity"[M]anactsfromjudgment,becausebyhisapprehensivepowerhejudgesthatsomethingshouldbeavoidedorsought.Butbecausethisjudgment,inthecaseofsomeparticularact,isnotfromanaturalinstinct,butfromsomeactofcomparisoninthereason,thereforeheactsfromfreejudgmentandretainsthepowerofbeinginclinedtovariousthings.Andforasmuchasmanisrationalisitnecessarythatmanhaveafree-will"(SummaTheologica,Q.93).Itisperhapsoneofthemostdifficultaspectsofafreesocietytoacceptthatothers=immoralconductmaybeinterferedwithbypeacefulmeansalone,namely,persuasion,propaganda,advocacy,boycottorostracism.Thisisbothagreatstrengthaswellasoneoftheleastpopularaspectsofthefreesocietyandofitspoliticalphilosophicalstatement,libertarianism.ItisthereforeimportanttoaddressitCcanchampionsoflibertyrebutthechargethattheyarepromotingevilbymakingimmoralconductpossible?Let=sconsiderthebasicingredientofthepoliticaltheoryoflibertyCwhatisnowdubbedlibertarianism.AtitsheartistheideathatinhumancommunitiesitisindividualswhoaresovereignCthepeoplewhoruleoughttobetheindividualswhoinhabitthecommunityandtheyaretoruleonlythemselvesunlesstheygivepermissiontosomeoneelseCasonemightbylettingacoach,bodyguardortrainerorderoneaboutbecauseonehasauthorizedthepersontodoso.That=sonemeaningofAtheconsentofthegoverned.@Thereisnoclassofrulersinagenuinefreehumancommunity,eitherdesignatedbyGodorbyhistory.Everyhumanbeinghasarighttogovernhisorherownlife.Infact,that=sthebestwaytomakeclearwhatthisisabout,istoremindourselvesofthe

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Title	Liberty versus Morality : The Free Society's Troublesome Solution
Authors/Creators:	Tibor R. Machan, Chapman University
Year:	2004
Volume:	20
Number:	1
Pages:	55 - 71
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Political freedom, Non agression principle, Government policy, Political doctrines, Collectivism, Individual rights, Political power, Civil liberties, Constitution, Education, Democracy

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Machan, Tibor R. / 2004. "Liberty versus Morality : The Free Society's Troublesome Solution." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 20(1): 55-71.