Camzing@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months 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-square289fedilinkarrow-up1296
arrow-up1296message-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 · 4 months agomessage-square289fedilink
minus-squareFireTower@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·4 months 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).