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on Lew Rockwell.com with his articles, The Cultural Contradictions of Statism, a takedown of Kay Hymowitz's article, Freedom Fetishists: The cultural contradictions of libertarianism. in Opinion Journal a couple weeks ago, and Do We Worship the Market? On the latter question, he says, not really, but you could do worse - you could worship the State. Here's the butt-kickin' quote (from the first article):

With a vengeance…H/T - KipEsquire In two recent columns (an original and a response to her critics), Kay Hymowitz criticizes “freedom fetish” libertarians on the basis of a wholly fabricated cultural contradiction: Libertarian views champion “totalizing freedom”

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In praise of Kay S. Hymowitz's realism about the limits of libertarianism, I say in "Compare and Contrast" that Good things don't just happen, they must be made to happen. If they are not, bad things will prevail because the anti-social aspects of human nature -- dominance, enviousness, and aggressiveness -- outweigh the

Kay Hymowitz offers us with what she believes are some (cultural) contradictions within the Libertarian philosophy. I am personally tempted to repeat what Mike Munger posted in his own blog, Kids Prefer Cheese, about the same piece but I am going to attempt to make some additional remarks. My first observation is related to the first statement delivered by Ms.

people (even respected authors and journalists) are unable to distinguish between advocacy and conduct. So, a libertarian who thinks the government should stay out of the bedroom and pornography should be legal becomes a “hedonist.” Or, in the latest terminology, a “freedom fetishist.” Like this author, though, I get tired of having to defend libertarianism to people who think advocating freedom is the same as endorsing all the behaviors that freedom will bring. Because I support the right to make bad

•Libertarianism vs. the family Brian Doherty, Reason Online Response to an essay critical of libertarianism by Kay S. Hymowitz. Most libertarians have understood that their preferred political arrangement works best with certain extra-political virtues. Libertarianism is a political philosophy, after all, not necessarily a fully

•Libertarianism vs. the family Brian Doherty, Reason Online Response to an essay critical of libertarianism by Kay S. Hymowitz. Most libertarians have understood that their preferred political arrangement works best with certain extra-political virtues. Libertarianism is a political philosophy, after all, not necessarily a fully

national security.”) The last prominent attack on libertarianism mostly focuses on the philosophy’s supposed amorality, its license or even prescription for libertine, decivilizing behavior. In Opinion Journal, Kay S. Hymowitz writes about the supposed “cultural contradictions of libertarianism.” She mentions foreign policy briefly, and here she favors the “flexible thinking” of pro-war “libertarians.” (Again, we need strict moral values, but prohibitions against