Last week, Anthony Gregory published an essay on LewRockwell.Com on the phenomenon of “libertine conservatives.” I suppose that this article was in turn inspired by a discussion on a “libertarian Republican” mailing list in which one of the usual suspects made one of his usual inane comments, this time to the effect that that’s exactly what a libertarian is.

In my view, libertarianism is a political philosophy, the moral content of which is limited to codification of the non-aggression principle … and it’s a political philosophy which can be reached by people who, outside the political realm, may subscribe to various, and very different, moral premises. Your mileage may, however, vary. Discuss.