Ep. 7: Can Libertarians Be Conservatives?

The Reformed Libertarians Podcast

A discussion of the article "Can Conservatives Be Libertarians?" by Gerard Casey. Several mischaracterizations of libertarianism are answered. How Reformed libertarians value tradition and liberty in contrast with progressive liberalism is clarified, with reference to an essay by Friedrich Hayek. Also mentioned is the relation between liberty and civil justice.

https://reformedlibertarians.com/007

00:00 Start

00:32 Episode description article "Can Conservatives Be Libertarians?": https://mises.org/library/can-conservatives-be-libertarians audio: https://mises.org/library/can-conservatives-be-libertarians-can-libertarians-be-conservatives chapter: https://books.google.com/books?id=uh0rBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA33#v=onepage&q&f=false

01:35 Article summary

02:59 Why this article is important for Reformed libertarians

04:12 Popular story about tradition vs Cambodia

06:55 We should evaluate and value tradition as a heuristic and as wisdom according to normative standards

09:15 The example of marriage and family life. Civil government interference is destructive, despite best intentions https://mises.org/wire/welfare-state-did-what-slavery-couldnt-do

12:05 Friedrich Hayek's "Freedom, Reason, and Tradition" https://web.archive.org/web/20221012174445/https://web.law.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/microsites/gender-sexuality/Hayek%20on%20tradition.pdf

12:37 "Autonomous self" statist-progressivist liberalism not an outgrowth of classical liberalism, contra (among others) Deneen and Koyzis https://www.amazon.com/dp/0830852425?tag=kerrybaldwin-20

13:46 Property right and non-aggression is key. Libertarianism is not libertine-ism, and does not entail condoning or otherwise supporting immorality.

15:12 Libertarianism is also the key to religious liberty https://mises.org/wire/when-you-have-property-rights-you-dont-need-religious-freedom

16:03 Moral action must be free. Liberty is not the highest value, principle, or end in life as such. Rather, civil justice is the leading norm for civil governance, and so liberty (in the sense of non-aggression) as one's right is at issue.

18:28 Recap

19:40 Only by maintaining the non-aggression principle can we best promote a moral and overall flourishing society to God's glory

See Gerard Casey's book Libertarian Anarchy https://www.amazon.com/dp/1441144676?tag=kerrybaldwin-20 And his article "Meddling In Other Men's Affairs" https://tinyurl.com/caseforanarchy Also hear Norman Horn on "How Libertarianism Differs From Other Political Movements" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8BFm9AtUmQ

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