If one wouldn’t be considered a libertarian if he was around today, I wouldn’t classify him as the father of libertarianism.
Yes, i do - an unforgivable mistake -;(
… the fact that the one is mostly known through the writtings of the other didn’t help; still, all my apologies for the confusion!
The same for me; at least, to the extent that i wouldn’t classify as the father of libertarianism someone who couldn’t possibly espouse contemporary libertarianism if he were living during our times. Locke would irremediably disagree with the philosophical (in particular, meta-ethical) grounds, the basic ethical views and the political consequences of libertarianism.
Of course libertarianism (liberalism) have developed for a long time, bur the “father” I would say is John Locke.
To be the “father” I don’t think that it is required that one would agree with everything that has come to be classified as libertarianism.
Really? He is the earliest libertarian thinkers?
“The first person to describe himself as a libertarian was Joseph Déjacque, an early French anarchist communist. The word stems from the French word libertaire, and was used to evade the French ban on anarchist publications.” ~ Wiki