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Folks: As I
mentioned, let's please focus our discussions as much as possible on the law of
government and religion, rather than on libertarian theory more
broadly.
The list
custodian
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Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 9:02
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To: religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu
Subject: Re: what does the
right REALLY think of Roberts?
In a message dated 7/26/2005 11:15:31 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
By the way, most social liberals who consider themselves
libertarian do not support gun rights, school choice, low taxes,
freedom of contract and other economic liberties, etc. So even if I am
not a 100% libertarian, I score higher on the libertarian scale than do
many liberals who like to think of themselves as lovers of liberty. Indeed,
I would go a long way toward abolishing the Regulatory Welfare State, much
further than most self-identified
libertarians.
Whether by Rick or by
"social liberals" picking and choosing only their favorite libertarian rights
impoverishes libertarian theory. Moreover, libertarians, courageously,
raise the evil of government intrusion into areas of human freedom. Social
conservatism makes no bones about permitting governmental regulation of vast
areas of human conduct. The fundamental attraction of libertarianism is that
except for certain obvious restrictions--to ensure the freedom of
others-- of freedom, libertarians recoil at thinking of the libertarian
project as a "scale" according to which anyone can claim libertarian
credentials just so long as he or she rejects state regulation in some
areas of life. To advocate "abolishing the Regulatory Welfare State"
does not, in my view, a libertarian make, especially when the individual
claiming libertarian status embraces "the Regulatory Personal Morality State"
as do many social and religious conservatives.
Bobby
Robert Justin
Lipkin
Professor of Law
Widener University School of
Law
Delaware
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