Abstract
Sen's characterization of an essential feature of libertarianism is examined and found fatally flawed. The impossibility of a Paretian liberal (Sen (1970)) follows from putting an existential claim, Condition L, to a universal test. The failure to specify those elements for which Condition L is true leads to a series of logical errors culminating in the Paretian epidemic (Sen (1976)). Decisive liberties co-exist because they pertain to choices that are not mutually exclusive. Indecisive liberties co-exist through mutual consent. The liberal partition limits the scope of personal liberties to personal choices.
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