https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/8.aspxDiscussion of political theory.enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/492911.aspxFri, 28 Sep 2012 05:03:16 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:492911Kelvin Silva0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/492911.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=8&PostID=492911<p> Privatized jail (very expensive so not likely), or restitution (a debt, or loan of money).</p> <p> Just enough to settle the matter.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/492909.aspxFri, 28 Sep 2012 05:00:43 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:492909Pierre-Alexandre Crevaux0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/492909.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=8&PostID=492909<p>If punishment is an act designed to reprimand a criminal for his criminal actions, the use of force is a legitimate tool to enforce it.</p> <p>The question I have however is how would punishments be enforced in a libertarian society?</p> <p>I have recently read a Rothbard article where he theorized that in a libertarian society, there would be much less prisons. Instead, a judge would force a criminal to financially pay his of her victim(s) back. If something like a Ponzi scheme were to happen and the criminal didn&#39;t have enough to pay back all his victims, Rothbard says that he could work for a victim as an indentured servant (even though I don&#39;t see how you can be the indentured servant of many victims).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The issue toughens in the case of murder, or rape. If a murderer is convicted, I don&#39;t see a lot of people accepting a murderer as a personal slave. Personally, I would be scared to have someone wh has killed my wife within my house.</p> <p>One solution I found was a private prison system. A private judicial company could either provide prisons for free, or you may have to pay a certain fee based on the desired stay of the prisoner. I believe this is workable. But then, why are there so many libertarians simply opposing prisons, calling them creatures of the State?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>