> Ok, mr educated. explain how the sovereignty of the individual
> benefits a 3 week old child.
You'll have to clarify this for me...
> Don't get me wrong, I am an anarchist that believes in self
> determination - but you have to take into account that we are
> communal in some aspects. I am not advocating some kind of communism,
> just recognition of the facts: like that it is easy for men to be
> libertarian, but women have more of an ethic of care regards
> themselves, their offspring, and the community. Libertarianism cannot
> and does not address these issues at all.
Libertarianism is a political doctrine, and is not meant to address every
societal issue. What I think you are doing here is blurring the lines between
society and government. I don't advocate that every individual should fend
for himself and not do anything to benefit the community or society as a
whole... in fact I abhor that. The point of libertarianism is that the
government has no legitimate purpose other than to protect the rights of the
individual. Once the rights of every individual have been secured, then every
single group of people (racial or otherwise) will have equal rights and equal
opportunity. The doctrine is purely political. Morally, I think all humans
have an obligation to be selfless and to help others as much as possible,
just not through government, because government is synonymous with force, and
force is bad.
Ernie Fata
