George Smith: The Good, the Bad, and the Puritans
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The Libertarian View of Legalized Prostitution
Milton's argument was that the only true virtue comes from choice. He argues this at great length, and became a popular argument among those Christians who were fairly libertarian in their outlook. A man named Peter Annette defended legalized prostitution with an argument of self-ownership. This is real early for this sort of argument; one did simply not talk about these things in that age.
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