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Originally Posted by Inuzuka Skysword
Ron Paul's writing isn't too good. I read The Revolution: A Manifesto because it was on sale. It really is just Constitution worship in a simple form for everyone to understand. Some of the writings he recommends at the end aren't too bad including Ayn Rand's works, Mises' works, and some of Rothbard's. I don't really think that Libertarianism is good though seeing that it is devoid of any moral base and even the name suggests that liberty is the end which it seeks. Objectivism sees man's own life, his pursuit of happiness, as the end. Objectivism claims to know the objective morality, whereas most arguments for Libertarianism defend it because of the opposite. Politically they are similar. Everywhere else they are much different.
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I enjoyed it quite a bit and thought he did an excellent job of working in plain speak to reach as many open minds as possible.
You and I will always branch apart when it comes to the origins and foundations of morality. Morality in my experience is inherent to the individual and the environment in which they grow up. I find individual Liberty and it's preservation one of the most morally sound pursuits imaginable.