理查德·富默顿（Richard Fumerton）在为自由意志主义进行结果论辩护时认为，有关结果的经验事实必须在看似合理的自由辩护中始终发挥关键作用。在区分了道德和法律之后，他为这样一种观点进行了辩护，即认为法律应该总是，甚至通常试图反映道德是一个根本错误。有了这个框架，富默顿解决了各种有争议的问题，即法律何时应该站在自由一边。他对许多“温和派”自由主义者的几个立场进行了微妙的辩护。
这种对自由的结果论辩护为一些非常古老的哲学辩论提供了一个新的视角。随着越来越多的人对老牌政党缺乏原则性的尝试感到沮丧，他们没有意识到人们对自由的渴望所产生的重要关注，本书中讨论的问题尤其及时。
A Consequentialist Defense of Libertarianism
In A Consequentialist Defense of Libertarianism, Richard Fumerton argues that empirical facts concerning consequences must always play a crucial role in a plausible defense of freedom. After making distinctions between morality and law, he defends the view that it is a fundamental mistake to think that the law should always, or even usually, attempt to mirror morality. With this framework in place, Fumerton addresses various controversial questions concerning when the law ought to side with freedom. He offers a nuanced defense of several positions shared by many “moderate” libertarians.
This consequentialist defense of freedom offers a fresh perspective on some very old philosophical debates. As more people become frustrated with a perceived lack of principled attempts by established political parties to appreciate important concerns people have involving their desire for freedom, the issues discussed in this book are particularly timely.
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