Governing Least: A New England Libertarianism (Oxford Political Philosophy) Dan Moller

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• Author(s): Dan Moller

“That government is best which governs least.” — Henry David Thoreau In this major new defense of libertarianism, Dan Moller argues that critics and supporters alike have neglected the strongest arguments for the theory. It is often assumed that libertarianism depends on thinking that property rights are absolute, or on fetishizing individual liberty. Moller argues that, on the contrary, the foundations of libertarianism lie in widely shared, everyday moral beliefs — particularly in restrictions on shifting our burdens onto others. The core of libertarianism, on this “New England” interpretation, is not an exaggerated sense of our rights against other people, but modesty about what we can demand from them. Moller then connects these philosophical arguments with related work in economics, history, and politics. The result is a wide-ranging discussion in the classical liberal tradition that defies narrow academic specialization. Among the questions Moller addresses are how to think about private property in a service economy, whether libertarians should support reparations for slavery, what the history of capitalism tells us about free markets, and what role political correctness plays in shaping policy debates.

Table Contents

1. Introduction: Toward a New England Libertarianism

Part One Property

2. Morality and the State

3. Libertarianism: A Classic Argument Revisited

4. Property as a Moral Phenomenon

5. Property as a Constraint on the State

6. Property and the Creation of Value

7. Aid

Part Two Markets

8. Morality and Markets

9. Luck and Opportunity

10. Wealth, Disability, and Happiness

11. The Epistemology of Popularity and Incentives

Part Three History

12. Justice and the Wealth of Nations I

13. Justice and the Wealth of Nations II

14. Reparations, History, and Nietzsche

Part Four Theory and Practice

15. Dilemmas of Political Correctness

16. Utopia and the Real World

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