I noted when I first joined the staff at Life & Liberty that I lean libertarian and being over there has given me a chance to work out and express some of that thinking. My column at Life & Liberty today explores the issue of individualism in libertarian thought.
Here’s an excerpt:
I come at my libertarian leanings as a result of my understanding of God and faith. My background is church work and my college course of study was theology. But even before I studied theology in a formal way, my faith was already shaping my libertarian-leaning ideals.
Because I didn’t come at this by studying libertarian political theorists, admittedly I am playing catch-up to understand the landscape of libertarian thought.
I’m learning that one of the big issues in libertarianism is the role of the individual.
Frankly, I am appalled at the hyper-individualism that pops up in some libertarian thought and I’d like to suggest a better way of thinking about the role of the individual as it relates to liberty…
To read the rest of this post, The Trouble with Individualism, click the title.
Jennifer Clark Tinker 