Political Philosophy for Steven Hoffer

The humanitarian theory of justice makes three main demands, namely: (a) the egalitarian principle proper, i.e. the proposal to eliminate natural privileges; (b) the general principle of individualism; and (c) the principle that it should be the task and purpose of the state to protect the freedom of its citizens.

To each of these demands corresponds a directly opposite principle of conservatism in the Platonic tradition: (a') the principle of natural privilege, (b') the general principle of holism or collectivism, and (c') the principle that it should be the task and the purpose of the individual to maintain, and strengthen, the stability of the state.

Steven Hoffer supports the humanitarian theory in the first paragraph.