F.A. Hayek and Libertarianism

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F.A. Hayek and Libertarianism

• Ronald F. White, Ph.D.
• Professor of Philosophy
• College of Mount St. Joseph

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Communitarianism

• Communitarianism- priority of community
• Large Groups v. Small Groups
• Plato
• Judeo-Christian
• Roman Catholic
• Protestant
• Machiavelli (utilitarianism)
• J.S. Mill, Utilitarianism
• Marx
• Global Community

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Features of Communitarianism

• Priority of Community (Collectivism)
• Global Concept of The Good (Collective
  Planning)
• Large Group-
• Small Group
• Collective Responsibility
• Economic Security
• Social Distribution of Resources
• Dominance Hierarchy
• Deliberate Organization
• Philosopher King
• Epistemological Certainty-
• Truth as Eternal and Changeless
• Empowerment of Experts
• Totalitarianism

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Individualism

• Individualism- priority of individuals
• Hobbes (Contractarianism)
• Adam Smith
• John Locke
• Private Property
• John Stuart Mill
• On Liberty
• F.A. Hayek
• The Road to Serfdom
• The Fatal Conceit

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Features of Individualism

• Priority of individuals-Individual Sovereignty
• No Global Concept of the Good
• The Good as relative to Individuals (Individual
  Planning)
• Voluntary Community
• Free will
• Non-aggression
• Individual Responsibility
• Economic Insecurity
• Market-based Distribution of Resources
• Epistemological Uncertainty
• Evolutionary Epistemology
• Self-Organized Systems
• Truth as Evolving
• Skepticism toward Empowered Experts
• Minimal Government
• Anarchy-
• Minarchy-

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Other Philosophical Issues

• Political Freedom
• Relationship to Economic Freedom
• Rule of Law
• Relationship to rule by individuals
• Democratic Institutions
• Tyranny of the Masses

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Contemporary Social Issues

• Public Schools
• Healthcare
• Censorship
• Pornography
• Welfare
• Abortion