The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to libertarianism, a political philosophy that upholds liberty as its principal objective. As a result, libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and freedom of choice, emphasizing political freedom, voluntary association and the primacy of individual judgment.
Supports
Economic freedom – the freedom to receive the full value of one's labour, or to produce, trade and consume any goods and services acquired without the use of force, fraud or theft
Egalitarianism – the idea that all humans are equal in fundamental worth or social status
Individual responsibility – the idea that a person is responsible for their own actions and their own lives
Personal development – methods, skills and strategies by which individuals can effectively direct their own activities toward the achievement of objectives and includes goal setting, decision making, focusing, planning, scheduling, task tracking, self-evaluation, self-intervention, self-development and so on
Self-governance – the idea that a person or group are able to exercise all of the necessary functions of power without intervention from any authority which they cannot themselves alter
Self-ownership – the concept of property in one's own person, expressed as the moral or natural right of a person to be the exclusive controller of his or her own body and life
Social responsibility – the idea that a person is responsible for and has an obligation to act in the best interests of their community
Voluntary association – a group of individuals who enter into an agreement as teers to form a body (or organization) to accomplish a purpose
Rejects
Authoritarianism – a form of social organization characterized by submission to authority
Coercion – the practice of forcing another party to behave in an intary manner (whether through action or inaction) by use of threats or intimidation or some other form of pressure or force
Imperialism – as defined by the Dictionary of Human Geography, it is "the creation and/or maintenance of an unequal economic, cultural and territorial relationship, usually between states and often in the form of an empire, based on domination and subordination"
Debates
Abortion
Anarcho-capitalism and minarchism and libertarian municipalism
Capital punishment
Consequentialism vs.