Camzing@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIf you are a Libertarian and hold liberty as your core value, why do you not believe in universal healthcare? Nothing impacts liberty more than sickness and death.message-squaremessage-square292linkfedilinkarrow-up1296arrow-down10
arrow-up1296arrow-down1message-squareIf you are a Libertarian and hold liberty as your core value, why do you not believe in universal healthcare? Nothing impacts liberty more than sickness and death.Camzing@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square292linkfedilink
minus-squareFireTower@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 year agoTldr non partisan answer: Libertarian philosophy favors negative rights over positive rights. Negative rights oblige others to not impede (like not censoring free speech). Positive rights oblige others to provide something (like healthcare).
Tldr non partisan answer: Libertarian philosophy favors negative rights over positive rights.
Negative rights oblige others to not impede (like not censoring free speech).
Positive rights oblige others to provide something (like healthcare).