Society and Culture  A Libertarian and a Grouchy Old Prude
Excellent question, Danielle, with a short answer and a long
answer (which I won’t come close to covering in full).  The
short answer about Gov. Sanford is that to disappear for a week
was failing in his duty as governor of South Carolina. (Imagine
if during his campaign for governor, he had said, “By the way, I
don’t think being a governor is a 24/7 job, and sometimes I’m
just going to have to have some private space for, oh, five or
six days, and not tell you where I am. You understand, right?”
Somehow I doubt that the electorate would have agreed.) So his
case is easy.  The harder part of your question, particularly
for libertarians like me, is about the division of public and
private roles if the public role is being performed competently
and diligently. Here, I side with the Founders. Google any
Founder’s name and the word “virtue” and you will find lots of
quotes. Here are some examples. The common thread is that
limited government cannot work