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John Locke is not a Libertarian, Minarchism Revisited

Libertarianism

When I first began writing about libertarianism back in 2018, my previous comments about minarchism elicited some comments from some of my libertarian friends. I’m going to begin this post ...

limited government self-defeating minarchy

Limited Government: The Self-Defeating Nature of Minarchy

Libertarianism

In this post I discuss the self-defeating nature of limited government, known as minarchy. I’m going to foreground here my own non-libertarian conclusion about minarchism: while I find minarchism more ...

Deuteronomy 17:14-20 as an Ancient Limitation on Political Authority

Libertarianism

Deuteronomy is a puzzling book. It’s a marvelous ‘farewell sermon’ by Moses before Joshua takes up command, but the literary history challenges any historian or scholar who ventures to ask ...

Anarchism, Minarchism, and Legitimacy in Civil Governance

Politics

Among Christian libertarians, as with other libertarians, there are differing views concerning the legitimacy, necessity, and inevitability of the state. For some, this is the worn-out debate between a view supporting ...

Ep 30: How to Reach Christians with the Liberty Message

Libertarianism

In July, Doug Stuart and Nick Gausling attended the Young Americans for Liberty 2017 National Convention on behalf of LCI. This episode is our talk from the LCI breakout session, ...

Ep 29: Would Society Work Without the State? with Bob Murphy

Libertarianism

Nearly every libertarian has heard the classic objection, “But who would build the roads?” This question is so common that it has become a point of ridicule by libertarians to ...

Politics, Left and Right

Politics

Tim Suttle, author of An Evangelical Social Gospel? (which I reviewed here) recently posted an article in the Huffington Post Religion section titled, “What is the Chief Political Concern of ...

Classical Liberalism and Religion

Libertarianism

Originally by Edmund Opitz in the November 1985 issue of The Freeman. Classical liberalism created a revolutionary new view of the political State, its nature and proper functions. We may ...

What makes a Christian libertarian different?

Christian Worldview

Scott and Kelly each submitted questions via the new FAQ page that are worth pointing out to everyone. Why not ask your own question? What do Christian libertarians generally view ...

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