1. F.A. Hayek and Libertarianism Ronald F. White, Ph.D. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph

2. Communitarianism Communitarianism- priority of community –Large Groups v. Small Groups –Plato –Judeo-Christian Roman Catholic Protestant –Machiavelli (utilitarianism) J.S. Mill, Utilitarianism –Marx Global Community

3. Features of Communitarianism Priority of Community (Collectivism) Global Concept of “The Good” (Collective Planning) –Large Group- –Small Group Collective Responsibility Economic Security –Social Distribution of Resources Dominance Hierarchy –Deliberate Organization –Philosopher King Epistemological Certainty- –Truth as Eternal and Changeless –Empowerment of Experts Totalitarianism

4. Individualism Individualism- priority of individuals Hobbes (Contractarianism) Adam Smith John Locke –Private Property John Stuart Mill –On Liberty F.A. Hayek –The Road to Serfdom –The Fatal Conceit

5. Features of Individualism Priority of individuals-Individual Sovereignty No Global Concept of the Good –The Good as relative to Individuals (Individual Planning) Voluntary Community –Free will –Non-aggression Individual Responsibility Economic Insecurity –Market-based Distribution of Resources Epistemological Uncertainty –Evolutionary Epistemology Self-Organized Systems –Truth as Evolving –Skepticism toward Empowered Experts Minimal Government –Anarchy- –Minarchy-

6. Other Philosophical Issues Political Freedom –Relationship to Economic Freedom Rule of Law –Relationship to rule by individuals Democratic Institutions –Tyranny of the Masses

7. Contemporary Social Issues Public Schools Healthcare Censorship Pornography Welfare Abortion