n argues that there is no need to invade an individual domain in order to give individuals the ability to improve and prosper. A free society consists of many individuals all of whom have a desire in achieving a better situation between their ultimate desires or values and there present circumstance. In such a society individuals have the best chance of finding someone else who is willing to deal and exchange for things they each want. Whitman, as the many other classical liberals agree, there is no guarantees that every individual will succeed in achieving their goals. The best a free society can do is provide a set of rules that promote the achievements of individuals. For Whitman, private property is the strongest foundation that promotes a sincere respect for individuals’ values judgments and a commitment to the ideal of peaceful cooperation. I Must Speak Out, The best of the Voluntaryist, by Carl Watner (3)The Voluntaryist a dedicated to exploring the possibility of a completely free society, far more radical than Hayek or anyone else mentioned in this paper. Their purpose is to advocate a non-political strategy to achieve what they believe is the freest society. They reject all electoral politics; they view politics as incompatible with libertarian principles. A government can only cover over all its actions in a cloud of moral legitimacy in order to maintain power. Voluntaryist desire to delegitimize the State with the use of education, they also advocate the removal of the support and implicit consent on which State powers lays. This is a view and theory I can say I have little time for. The Libertarian Theology of Freedom, by Reverend Edmund A. Opitz (4)Rev. Opitz concludes that people of faith in the Untied States and England embraced individualism up to mid way through this century. There was a belief among the religious that the best way to improve the world was to promote and reform individuals. Op...
