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F.A. Hayek and Libertarianism. Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph. Communitarianism. Communitarianism- priority of community Large Groups v. Small Groups Plato Judeo-Christian Roman Catholic Protestant Machiavelli (utilitarianism)
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F.A. Hayek and Libertarianism Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph
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
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
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
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-
Other Philosophical Issues • Political Freedom • Relationship to Economic Freedom • Rule of Law • Relationship to rule by individuals • Democratic Institutions • Tyranny of the Masses
Contemporary Social Issues • Public Schools • Healthcare • Censorship • Pornography • Welfare • Abortion