Is liberty (or Libertarianism) a "scam"?

Stephen Metcalf says yes. Julian Sanchez says no.

Hat tip to A&LD.

The conservative objection to Libertariansim, in a nutshell, is L's indifference to the pernicious social effects of certain types of voluntary contracts. This puts it in the difficult position of sitting in the same camp as liberalism and drawing lines of distinctions regarding which effects are worth regulating some liberty for.