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left-libertarianism

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left-libertarianism (uncountable)

  1. A type of libertarianism that stresses both individual freedom and social equality, and advocates shared ownership of natural resources.
    Synonym: social libertarianism
    Coordinate term: right-libertarianism
    • 2012, Hillel Steiner, quoting Peter Vallentyne, “Left Libertarianism”, in Gerald F. Gaus, Fred D'Agostino, editors, The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 412:
      Unlike most versions of egalitarianism, left-libertarianism endorses full self-ownership, and thus places specific limits on what others may do to one's person without one's permission. Unlike the more familiar right-libertarianism (which also endorses full self-ownership), it holds that natural resources [] may be privately appropriated only with the permission of, or with a significant payment to, the members of society.
    • 2017 January 9, John Patterson, “They Live: John Carpenter's action flick needs to be saved from neo-Nazis”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      This is in line with what we know of [John] Carpenter’s political attitudes, which on balance veer towards a kind of post-60s left-libertarianism.
      (Can we archive this URL?)
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