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Article: Libertarianism and the possibility of the legitimate state.(Critical essay)
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- Libertarian Papers
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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WE MIGHT BELIEVE THAT there are no conceivable conditions under which the state is legitimate. Alternatively, we might believe that there are such conditions, but deny that they actually obtain. The difference between these two forms of anarchism is important. The classical formulation of libertarianism would seem to entail the first form. Section I of this article argues that this fact alone would constitute a serious objection against its plausibility. In Section II, it is argued that acknowledging a minimal form of positive right might overcome such an objection. Section III shows that, contrary to what we might think, the acknowledgment of this particular type of ...
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