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<!--I haven't seen many reliable sources establishing the notability of left-libertarianism to the point that it should be included in the Libertarianism article with equal weight to right-libertarianism. Three encyclopedias of philosophy state right-libertarianism is the most common, yet you insist on removing that information. In an article about libertarianism, it is important that which theories are more common and which are not is established, lest one be given [[WP:UNDUE|undue weight]]. None of the discussions I've found in the past have established a consensus. If you cannot provide reliable sources establishing the relative notability of left-libertarianism, you are, in fact, POV pushing (or giving in to someone who wants a POV pushed). Weight pushing may be a more appropriate. I'm just letting you know that, unless I'm shown some solid academic consensus that left-libertarianism is equally notable to right libertarianism, I feel like I'm going to have to take this to formal mediation to get a decision on what is neutral and what isn't.-->



<!--'''Libertarianism''' is a term for political theories that advocate the maximization of individual [[liberty]] in thought and action<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libertarianism Definition of libertarianism] in [[Merriam-Webster Dictionary]]</ref> and the [[minarchism|minimization]] or [[anarchism|abolition]] of the [[Sovereign state|state]].<ref name=Stanford>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Vallentyne |first=Peter |editor=Edward N. Zalta |encyclopedia=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |title=Libertarianism |url=http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2009/entries/libertarianism/ |accessdate=March 5, 2010 |edition=Spring 2009 |date=September 5, 2002 |year=2009 |month=March |id={{ISSN|1095-5054}} |publisher=[[Stanford University]] |location=[[Stanford, CA]]}}</ref><ref name="InternetEP">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Zwolinski |first=Matt |encyclopedia=Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy |title=Libertarianism |url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/libertar |accessdate=March 5 2010 |date=March 26, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Sciabarra |first=Chris Matthew |title=Total Freedom: Toward a Dialectical Libertarianism |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ly9S2quKl1EC&lpg=PP1&vq=libertarianism%20contains&dq=Total%20Freedom%3A%20Toward%20a%20Dialectical%20Libertarianism&pg=PA193#v=onepage&q=within%20libertarianism,%20one%20finds%20anarchists&f=false |accessdate=March 7, 2009 |year=2000 |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |location=University Park |isbn=978-0-271-02049-5 |page=193 |quote=Within Libertarianism, one finds anarchists of various stripes, as well as advocates of minimal or limited government (so-called minarchists).}}</ref> According to academic literature, libertarianism ''usually'' refers to a [[minarchist]] philosophy that protects an individual's right to appropriate natural resources.{{#tag:ref|Vallentyne (''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy''): "...the better-known version of libertarianism—right-libertarianism..."<ref name=Stanford/>|group="note"}}{{#tag:ref|Zwolinski, ''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'': "Libertarians are committed to the belief...; that robust property rights and the economic liberty that follows from their consistent recognition are of central importance in respecting individual liberty...; that governments are bound by essentially the same moral principles as individuals... that most, if not all, of the activities currently undertaken by states should be either abandoned or transferred into private hands. '''The most well-known version of this conclusion finds expression in the so-called “minimal state” theories''' [emphasis added] of Robert Nozick, Ayn Rand, and others..."<ref name=InternetEP/>|group="note"}}<ref name="Routledge>Wolff, Johnathan. "Libertarianism." Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Volume 4. Taylor & Francis, 1998. [http://books.google.com/books?id=Zn-iIDYO71oC&pg=PA618&dq=%22Libertarianism.%22+Routledge+Encyclopedia+of+Philosophy&ei=7c-lSqStOZW-zAT7qZSHCA#v=onepage&q=&f=false p. 617]. Quote: "more typically it is associated with a view which champions particularly pure forms of capitalism."</ref> Since the 1890s, in France, the term "libertarianism" has often been used as a synonym for anarchism, and was first associated with a socialist anarchism.<ref name=nettlau>{{cite book |title=A Short History of Anarchism |last=Nettlau |first=Max |authorlink=Max Nettlau |year=1996 |publisher=Freedom Press |isbn=0900384891 |page=162}}</ref> The term libertarianism is still used throughout the world as a synonym for anarchism,<ref name=LibismAndAnarch>
I haven't seen many reliable sources establishing the notability of left-libertarianism to the point that it should be included in the Libertarianism article with equal weight to right-libertarianism. Three encyclopedias of philosophy state right-libertarianism is the most common, yet you insist on removing that information. In an article about libertarianism, it is important that which theories are more common and which are not is established, lest one be given [[WP:UNDUE|undue weight]]. None of the discussions I've found in the past have established a consensus. If you cannot provide reliable sources establishing the relative notability of left-libertarianism, you are, in fact, POV pushing (or giving in to someone who wants a POV pushed). Weight pushing may be a more appropriate. I'm just letting you know that, unless I'm shown some solid academic consensus that left-libertarianism is equally notable to right libertarianism, I feel like I'm going to have to take this to formal mediation to get a decision on what is neutral and what isn't.




'''Libertarianism''' is a term for political theories that advocate the maximization of individual [[liberty]] in thought and action<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libertarianism Definition of libertarianism] in [[Merriam-Webster Dictionary]]</ref> and the [[minarchism|minimization]] or [[anarchism|abolition]] of the [[Sovereign state|state]].<ref name=Stanford>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Vallentyne |first=Peter |editor=Edward N. Zalta |encyclopedia=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |title=Libertarianism |url=http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2009/entries/libertarianism/ |accessdate=March 5, 2010 |edition=Spring 2009 |date=September 5, 2002 |year=2009 |month=March |id={{ISSN|1095-5054}} |publisher=[[Stanford University]] |location=[[Stanford, CA]]}}</ref><ref name="InternetEP">{{cite encyclopedia |last=Zwolinski |first=Matt |encyclopedia=Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy |title=Libertarianism |url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/libertar |accessdate=March 5 2010 |date=March 26, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Sciabarra |first=Chris Matthew |title=Total Freedom: Toward a Dialectical Libertarianism |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ly9S2quKl1EC&lpg=PP1&vq=libertarianism%20contains&dq=Total%20Freedom%3A%20Toward%20a%20Dialectical%20Libertarianism&pg=PA193#v=onepage&q=within%20libertarianism,%20one%20finds%20anarchists&f=false |accessdate=March 7, 2009 |year=2000 |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |location=University Park |isbn=978-0-271-02049-5 |page=193 |quote=Within Libertarianism, one finds anarchists of various stripes, as well as advocates of minimal or limited government (so-called minarchists).}}</ref> According to academic literature, libertarianism ''usually'' refers to a [[minarchist]] philosophy that protects an individual's right to appropriate natural resources.{{#tag:ref|Vallentyne (''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy''): "...the better-known version of libertarianism—right-libertarianism..."<ref name=Stanford/>|group="note"}}{{#tag:ref|Zwolinski, ''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'': "Libertarians are committed to the belief...; that robust property rights and the economic liberty that follows from their consistent recognition are of central importance in respecting individual liberty...; that governments are bound by essentially the same moral principles as individuals... that most, if not all, of the activities currently undertaken by states should be either abandoned or transferred into private hands. '''The most well-known version of this conclusion finds expression in the so-called “minimal state” theories''' [emphasis added] of Robert Nozick, Ayn Rand, and others..."<ref name=InternetEP/>|group="note"}}<ref name="Routledge>Wolff, Johnathan. "Libertarianism." Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Volume 4. Taylor & Francis, 1998. [http://books.google.com/books?id=Zn-iIDYO71oC&pg=PA618&dq=%22Libertarianism.%22+Routledge+Encyclopedia+of+Philosophy&ei=7c-lSqStOZW-zAT7qZSHCA#v=onepage&q=&f=false p. 617]. Quote: "more typically it is associated with a view which champions particularly pure forms of capitalism."</ref> Since the 1890s, in France, the term "libertarianism" has often been used as a synonym for anarchism, and was first associated with a socialist anarchism.<ref name=nettlau>{{cite book |title=A Short History of Anarchism |last=Nettlau |first=Max |authorlink=Max Nettlau |year=1996 |publisher=Freedom Press |isbn=0900384891 |page=162}}</ref> The term libertarianism is still used throughout the world as a synonym for anarchism,<ref name=LibismAndAnarch>
* Goodway, David. Anarchists Seed Beneath the Snow. Liverpool Press. 2006, p. 4
* Goodway, David. Anarchists Seed Beneath the Snow. Liverpool Press. 2006, p. 4
* MacDonald, Dwight & Wreszin, Michael. Interviews with [[Dwight Macdonald]]. University Press of Mississippi, 2003. p. 82
* MacDonald, Dwight & Wreszin, Michael. Interviews with [[Dwight Macdonald]]. University Press of Mississippi, 2003. p. 82
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The ambiguity of the word is not limited to just anarchy/minarchy split. Libertarians may also be left or right, and these ''left-libertarians'' and ''right-libertarians'' have different views on property rights over [[natural resources]]. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, right libertarians hold that the resources "may be appropriated by the first person who discovers them, mixes her labor with them, or merely claims them—without the consent of others, and with little or no payment to them." Left-libertarians hold "that unappropriated natural resources belong to everyone in some egalitarian manner." For example, some left-libertarians would "require those who claim rights over natural resources to make a payment to others for the value of those rights."<ref name=Stanford/>
The ambiguity of the word is not limited to just anarchy/minarchy split. Libertarians may also be left or right, and these ''left-libertarians'' and ''right-libertarians'' have different views on property rights over [[natural resources]]. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, right libertarians hold that the resources "may be appropriated by the first person who discovers them, mixes her labor with them, or merely claims them—without the consent of others, and with little or no payment to them." Left-libertarians hold "that unappropriated natural resources belong to everyone in some egalitarian manner." For example, some left-libertarians would "require those who claim rights over natural resources to make a payment to others for the value of those rights."<ref name=Stanford/>
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