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...Another libertarian position would be that it is incumbent on an individual, for a number of reasons, to work for the rights and development of the community to which she belongs,” says Sheffield. “The key is that such obligations shouldn’t be enforced exogenously, which is why I find state redistribution and ‘impersonal’ social action problematic. For me, being a libertarian implies dedication to civil society and public action...
...Sheffield practices what he preaches, spending summers working on police violence and domestic abuse research in places like Argentina and his home town of Fayetteville, N,C. As he waxes eloquent on philosophy and his love of Marx (he claims that the two nights after the first time he read Marx he didn’t sleep), Sheffield’s frustration with the perception of libertarianism is clear...
...criticism of this self-ownership point is that that’s not how things really work,” says Sheffield, chewing on his pen and handling a giant coffee mug. “People don’t live in a vacuum. When people have been systematically taught that rights violation is OK, I don’t think that this whole idea of self-ownership applies...
...Sheffield and Harris are just two of many, as others in the club and student body hold diverse views of libertarianism. Professor Miron, who in past years taught the popular class, “A Libertarian Perspective on Economic and Social Policy,” sees himself and many of his students and colleagues as libertarian, at least in tendency...
...While it’s up to debate as to why this shift is occurring among students of both parties, Sheffield has his own hypothesis involving the growing importance of the conservative Christian right in the GOP. “Because the economic conservatives who traditionally allied with the Republican party are gradually realizing that the Christian right maintains a strong hold on the party’s nominations for most important elected positions and will continue to be the largest single component of the Republican voting base,” he says, “it is nearly impossible...