[L]et me point out that libertarians defend a tradition of liberty that is the fruit of thousands of years of human history.

To repeat, communitarians maintain that we are constituted as persons by our particular obligations, and therefore those obligations cannot be a matter of choice.

Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others.

Group personification obscures, rather than illuminates, important political questions.

If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?

[L]et me point out that libertarians defend a tradition of liberty that is the fruit of thousands of years of human history.

Obligations may be universal or particular.