Sheldon Richman: Libertarianism Is More Than Just Rejecting Force


Sheldon Richman writes that he is puzzled by the pushback whenever someone explicitly associates the libertarian philosophy with values like tolerance and inclusion. We don't care only about force and its improper uses. We care about individual persons. So we properly have concerns about any preferences that tend to erode the principle that initiating force is wrong, especially when it comes to racism.
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