Explain the term ‘libertarianism’. (10 marks)
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- Explain the term ‘libertarianism’. (10 marks)
- This is an ideological stance that gives strict priority to liberty/freedom
- (specifically negative freedom)
- over other values such as authority, tradition and equality
- Libertarians seek to maximise the realm of individual freedom and minimise the scope of public authority
- typically seeing the state as the principal threat to liberty and viewing its role as merely a ‘protection agency’ or ‘nightwatchman’
- libertarianism is basically rooted in the idea of individual rights and laissez-faire economic doctrines
- libertarians would oppose state action, against, for example, those who wish to take leisure drugs or to consort with prostitutes
- likely to point out that libertarians are critical of the welfare state
- and of an extensive role for government in the economic sphere
- whilst the term is usually associated with liberalism it is actually quite difficult to place on the political spectrum
- New Right conservatives and anarchists also champion values
- which could be described as libertarian
- This is an ideological stance that gives strict priority to liberty/freedom
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