Libertarianism (from Latin: libertas, meaning "freedom"; from French: libertaire, meaning "libertarian") is a political philosophy and movement that upholds liberty as the highest political end. Libertarianism may also refer to:

• Anarchism, an anti-authoritarian and anti-statist philosophy for which some use the term libertarianism synonymously
• Civil libertarianism, a strain of political thought that emphasizes the supremacy of individual rights and personal freedoms over and against any kind of authority
• Left-libertarianism, a position contrasted with that of right-libertarianism which rejects the private ownership of natural resources
• Libertarian Party (disambiguation)
  • List of libertarian organizations
    • Libertarianism in South Africa
    • Libertarianism in the United Kingdom
    • Libertarianism in the United States
• Libertarian socialism, a group of philosophies which aspire to create a non-hierarchical society without private ownership of the means of production or an authoritarian state
• Metaphysical libertarianism, philosophical position supporting free will against determinism
• Right-libertarianism, a position contrasted with that of left-libertarianism for its explicit support of free-market capitalism and private property rights

See also[edit]

• Anarchism in Spain
• All pages with titles beginning with Libertarian
• All pages with titles containing Libertarianism
• Libertarian liberalism (disambiguation), a term used variously by different scholars
• Libertinism, sometimes called moral libertarianism and contrasted to political or social libertarianism and metaphysical libertarianism