LIBERTARIANISM (from Lat. libertas, freedom)

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LIBERTARIANISM (from Lat. libertas, freedom) , in ethics, the

doctrine

DOCTRINE

which maintains the freedom of the will, as opposed to necessitarianism or

determinism

DETERMINISM (Lat. determinare, to prescribe or limit)

. It has been held in various forms. In its extreme form it maintains that the individual is absolutely

free

FREE

chose

CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

this or that

action

ACTION

indifferently (the liberum arbitrium indifferentiae), but most libertarians admit that acquired tendencies, environment and the like, exercise

control

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a
counter
- COUNTER
roll
- ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
- ROLL,
  ALFRED
  - ALFRED
  PHILIPPE (1846– )
or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in
English
- ENGLISH
of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

in a greater or less degree.

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