I share many of your criticisms of our current culture, but I think you're blaming "libertarianism" misses the mark in a couple spots.
1) Libertarianism is a political philosophy. That's all. Of course, it says nothing about "the good life" and all the elements therein. That's what the rest of philosophy is for - metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, logic, aesthetics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, etc) If people are trying to guide their actions or find meaning simply by reference to the NAP, they are doing it wrong.
2) Blaming the current state of affairs in the US on libertarian free market policies can't be right. We don't have anything like libertarian free market policies. We have a "mixed economy" at best. I suppose our current mess could be the result of what slivers of freedom we have, but I doubt it.
All that said (and as I tell you often), I broadly share your vision of the good and am sick in my heart at how far away from it we are. I hope we can improve things before we plunge into chaos.
Moral foundation / self discipline!☀️☀️☀️☀️ so good!!! This is gold.
"This is where libertarianism reveals its ultimate bankruptcy as a governing philosophy. It offers no vision of the good life, no sense of shared purpose, no understanding of what makes a civilization worth preserving. It mistakes the absence of coercion for the presence of freedom, the elimination of barriers for the achievement of flourishing."
I share many of your criticisms of our current culture, but I think you're blaming "libertarianism" misses the mark in a couple spots.
1) Libertarianism is a political philosophy. That's all. Of course, it says nothing about "the good life" and all the elements therein. That's what the rest of philosophy is for - metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, logic, aesthetics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, etc) If people are trying to guide their actions or find meaning simply by reference to the NAP, they are doing it wrong.
2) Blaming the current state of affairs in the US on libertarian free market policies can't be right. We don't have anything like libertarian free market policies. We have a "mixed economy" at best. I suppose our current mess could be the result of what slivers of freedom we have, but I doubt it.
All that said (and as I tell you often), I broadly share your vision of the good and am sick in my heart at how far away from it we are. I hope we can improve things before we plunge into chaos.
Moral foundation / self discipline!☀️☀️☀️☀️ so good!!! This is gold.
"This is where libertarianism reveals its ultimate bankruptcy as a governing philosophy. It offers no vision of the good life, no sense of shared purpose, no understanding of what makes a civilization worth preserving. It mistakes the absence of coercion for the presence of freedom, the elimination of barriers for the achievement of flourishing."