"Liberty in the Rousseau-Robespierre vein is not really what most of us would call liberty at all." I agree; the "liberty" defined by the revolutionaries seem to be civic liberty (not to say that they did not care about natural rights, because they certainly did) while the libertarian concept of liberty largely involves around the defense of property rights.
On the other hand, Bastiat has his historical analysis all wrong. The "virtue" promoted by the revolutionaries seem to be of the civic kind, not moral - therefore, his whole argument kind of falls apart.
The "Marie Antoinette fangirl" comment was not specifically directed at anyone on this community, I apologize.
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Date: 2011-05-20 04:08 am (UTC)I agree; the "liberty" defined by the revolutionaries seem to be civic liberty (not to say that they did not care about natural rights, because they certainly did) while the libertarian concept of liberty largely involves around the defense of property rights.
On the other hand, Bastiat has his historical analysis all wrong. The "virtue" promoted by the revolutionaries seem to be of the civic kind, not moral - therefore, his whole argument kind of falls apart.
The "Marie Antoinette fangirl" comment was not specifically directed at anyone on this community, I apologize.