Camzing@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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-square487fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down150
arrow-up1345arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square487fedilink
minus-squareFireTower@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down2·2 years 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).