It is impossible for any other social system [other than anarchism] to qualify as universal natural law; for if there is any coercive rule by one person or group over another (and all rule partakes of such hegemony), then it is impossible to apply the same rule for all; only a rulerless, purely libertarian world can fulfill the qualifications of natural rights and natural law, or, more important, can fulfill the conditions of a universal ethic for all mankind.—Murray Rothbard (The Ethics of Liberty, Ch. 7)
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:26:01 +0000