Libertarianism

On its face, libertarianism is an ideology of human freedom that promotes the ability of individuals to act and think freely to the extent that they [Page 1006]do not infringe on the rights of others to do the same. Starting from the presumption that humans have absolute control over their own bodies and their labor, a concept known as self-ownership, libertarians conclude that the state is a primary threat to human freedom, often characterizing it as a fundamentally violent or criminal entity. For right-libertarians such as Murray Rothbard, taxation becomes ...