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Nonlibertarians don’t think their own freedom should be curtailed, but believe that in the absence of laws to make others behave properly, the nation would become a Hobbesian horror.Ĭlosely related to that mistake is the underestimation of the ability of free people to solve problems.

They imagine that a few wealthy individuals would crush the rest with their enormous economic power, abuse the environment, establish monopolies, underpay workers, discriminate against people in unpopular groups, ruin the morality of the people, and much more. To nonlibertarians, the thought of a truly free society is frightening. The first mistake in this set is to overestimate the problems of a free society. Like many Americans, Duncan commits four errors that are common among non-libertarians both of the “left” and the “right.” I found the debate in the book enlightening, especially for the insight it gives us into the mind of the nonlibertarian. It is always welcome to find a debate over a serious topic, and whether we would be better off with government limited to libertarian “night watchman” functions or with whatever government emerges under “democratic liberalism” is to my mind as serious as philosophical questions get. His opponent is Professor Craig Duncan, who attempts a refutation of libertarianism and seeks to persuade readers that they should embrace “democratic liberalism.” Arguing in favor is Professor Tibor Machan, a contributing editor to The Freeman.

In Libertarianism: For and Against (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005), two philosophers debate the merits of libertarianism. George Leef is book review editor of The Freeman.

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