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Rothbard writes here : [T]he parent should have the legal right not to feed the child, i.e., to allow it to die. The law, therefore, may not properly compel the parent to feed a child or to keep it alive. (Again, whether or not a parent has a moral rather than a legally enforceable obligation to keep...
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I think the market is superior to “the government” in every way (of course!), but am trying to condense it all down to the fundamental reasons. After weeks or months of thought, I’m just coming up with two reasons: Moral/ethical: Our natural rights are not violated by the market, but...
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Hey, I'm new here, and I didn't find a better place to post this, so here it goes. I was talking to my cousins about my libertarian views and they were skeptical on a lot of the points I made. They also had some interesting questions for me, one of which sort of stuck. They asked me what would...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1XttujOlhE What does everyone think of this kind of strategy, that is going about it slow? I like the idea of transition as oppose to sudden change. If a stateless society is in our future let it come through evolution not revolution. That's how I imagine it happening...
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I've got a blog where I'm trying to introduce the layman to our political worldview. Today I posted on the subject of natural rights. (also seen here: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474979264662 ) I'm interested in any critiques of the article. Did I provide a good...
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There is a disturbing trend that I’ve come across lately and that is when, people of anarcho-capitalism persuasion drag down their fellow free-market libertarians and minarchists for not going 'all the way'. Now i personally would say that support the rights-based anarcho-capitalist ideal;...
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Any suggestions? Point me to good articles or books from Libertarian authors that helped you grasp Natural Law and Natural Rights clearly. Thanks
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Rothbard states in most of his books that all human rights are derived from the basic property right, which in turn is the primary natural right of man qua man. Now, I get the derivation he makes from the property right and the logic there seems to be airtight. However, I am a little confused on how...
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If the state was established to protect an individual's rights and one is subjugated as a defendant in a case in which the defendant violated nobody's rights, shouldn't a motion to dismiss the case on a lack of standing be successful? Are there any holes in the above proposition? Are there...
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The Non-Enumerated Rights It has been said that "governments are instituted amongst men" by Thomas Jefferson. The argument for the purpose of which; is to secure rights and privileges consistent with the views of society, during a specific time period. The natural process by which human's...