left-libertarianism

Noun

left-libertarianism (uncountable)

1. A type of libertarianism that stresses both individual freedom and social equality, and advocates shared ownership of natural resources.
   • Unlike most versions of egalitarianism, left-libertarianism endorses full self-ownership, and thus places specific limits on what others may do to one's person without one's permission. Unlike the more familiar right-libertarianism (which also endorses full self-ownership), it holds that natural...2012, Hillel Steiner, quoting Peter Vallentyne, “Left Libertarianism”, in Gerald F. Gaus, Fred D'Agostino, editors, The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN, page...
   • This is in line with what we know of [John] Carpenter’s political attitudes, which on balance veer towards a kind of post-60s left-libertarianism.2017 January 9, John Patterson, “They Live: John Carpenter's action flick needs to be saved from neo-Nazis”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   social libertarianism