Libertarianism

Libertarianism


Libertarianism, by definition, is political philosophy that upholds individual liberty, especially freedom of expression and action and a group of political philosophies which emphasize freedom, liberty, and voluntary association.   This is a person who supports individual freedom and opposes the use of coercion by anyone or anything for any reason.  This means that each individual has the right to keep what he earns for himself and their family, and this includes the right to use, trade, sell, give away, or dispose of their property as they sees fit. 
In basic terms, libertarianism is the concept that man is an autonomous being, one who operates independently, not controlled by others or by outside forces. It is the view that human beings sometimes can will more than one possibility. According to this view of libertarianism, a person who freely made a particular choice could have chosen differently, even if nothing about the past prior to the moment of choice had been different; in simple terms, making a choice with no coercion involved.   In libertarianism, the power of contrary choice reigns above all. Without the ability to choose otherwise, libertarianism proponents will claim that man cannot be held morally responsible for his actions.
 Being an autonomous person is key in understanding libertarianism. This basically means that you are self-governed.   We, as free moral agents, can make our own decisions and are not subject to the will or determination of another. In any given situation we can freely choose to do a specific action. Furthermore, if the given situation presents itself again, we can freely choose a different action than we chose with the same situation at a different time.   having our own free will to make whatever choice fits the situation is the basic idea of libertarianism.
Extreme libertarians take individual rights very seriously; strongly enough to consistently uphold them against the initiation of the use of force...