What Is Your Libertarian Personality Type?

1. Which is closest to your view on the proper role of government?

Government should be limited to protecting economic and social freedom and preserving peace.

Society should be governed exclusively by voluntary institutions.

2. Which is closest to your views on political authority?

I think political authority can be legitimate and beneficial to society, under the right conditions.

I reject all forms of political authority as illegitimate due to its coercive nature

3. Which profession would you most like to have?

Ideas-focused work that requires abstract or complex thinking.

Action-packed work that focuses on tackling immediate problems.

4. Which topics do you like to learn about the most?

More theoretical subjects such as philosophy, literature, and political theory

More applied subjects like economics and political science

5. Which is closest to your views on social issues (e.g. gender, sexuality, drug use)?

I hold mostly liberal views on social issues.

I hold mostly traditional views on social issues.

6. How do you prefer to spend your time?

Learning about and discussing ideas and arguments. I am most motivated by projects that are intellectually engaging.

Engaging in practical, hands-on problem solving. I am most motivated by projects that produce tangible results.

7. Which is closest to your view on innovation in politics and society?

Overall, I tend to favor change over tradition. We must be experimental and entrepreneurial to achieve social progress.

Overall, I tend to favor tradition over change. We must be prudent and mindful of the past to achieve peace and prosperity.

8. Which is closest to your views on economic issues?

I favor a free market system that decentralizes the means of production. I am somewhat skeptical of hierarchical firms and corporations.

I favor a capitalist system that increases economic growth and prosperity to produce a rising tide that lifts all boats. I am somewhat skeptical of labor unions and co-ops.

9. How are you more likely to be described?

Introspective and intelligent, with a tendency to get lost in my own world.

Practical and entrepreneurial, with a tendency to be act impulsively.

10. When you are trying to make up your mind about a political issue, do you more often look for sound logical reasoning or strong empirical evidence?

Sound logical reasoning. Data can be manipulated and hard to acquire.

Strong empirical evidence. Theory can only go so far.

11. What is the primary justification for your political views?

They are more consistent with my moral principles than any other political outlook.

I think that when followed, they produce better outcomes than a system guided by any other political outlook.

12. Which is closest to your views on political borders and national identity?

Political borders and national identity are meaningful constructs that are more helpful than harmful.

Political borders and national identity are arbitrary constructs that are more harmful than helpful.