I believe Richard’s point is that e.g. egalitarianism is in fact a system for making these sorts of choices (are people more equal? Yes? Do that!).
And of course the principles that you use define your “actual” system, which is neither egalitarian nor libertarian (which would be “are people more free? Yes? Do that!”)
How happy, safe, productive, etc. people are. I don’t see either libertarianism or egalitarianism as terminal values.
I believe Richard’s point is that e.g. egalitarianism is in fact a system for making these sorts of choices (are people more equal? Yes? Do that!).
And of course the principles that you use define your “actual” system, which is neither egalitarian nor libertarian (which would be “are people more free? Yes? Do that!”)