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Ideologies / Minarcho-Capitalist / Loren Lomasky
Loren Lomasky — ink portrait
§ The minds · b. 1943 · United States · Philosopher

Loren Lomasky

Persons, rights, community

The project-pursuer's liberty.

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Economic+88
SocialistMarket
Governance−72
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Social−4
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The philosopher whose 'Persons, Rights, and the Moral Community' grounded a minimal-state libertarianism in the moral standing of individuals as pursuers of their own life projects.

social

Moderate individualist.

economic

Markets as the arena of individual 'project pursuit.'

governance

A limited state reconciling liberty with basic rights.

Notable for
  • 'Persons, Rights, and the Moral Community'
  • Project-pursuit theory
  • Liberal-libertarian philosophy
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