A Question About Utilitarian Libertarianism

Letter 1 From: Edmund Shieh Subject: Question about utilitarian libertarianism Hi Walter, I’ve been having a difficult time trying to justify deontological libertarianism and from listening to you, it seems like this would describe you. I seem to fall into the trap of being a consequentialist libertarian when trying to justify libertarianism.  I understand the fundamental flaw with utilitarianism (e.g. your description of the utility monster). However, It seems that at the end of the day, a libertarian would fall into the trap of justifying libertarianism on the basis of utilitarianism(i.e. intervention doesn’t create good results). I feel that one … Continue reading A Question About Utilitarian Libertarianism