A reader commented on my ditty about libertarians from last Saturday, and it was too good to languish as a comment. So here it is, and thanks, Anonymous!
My problem with Libertarians is their standard.
They measure the goodness of a society by how much freedom there is.
Scholastic thought (as per Aristotle's Nichomachaean Ethics) says that the goodness of a society should be measured by how much justice there is.
Aristotle identified four cardinal virtues: prudence, fortitude, temperance, and justice. Justice is called "the social virtue."
Freedom is a means toward achieving the end of Justice. Freedom is not an end in itself. And sometimes Freedom must be restricted or even denied in order to obtain Justice.
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