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July 03, 2003

J. Neil Schulman: Collateral Damage and the Libertarian Non-Aggression Principle

In this essay, brought to my attention by Tom Knapp's Life of the Party, pt. 4, J. Neil Schulman is having a libertarian identity crisis (or he was a few months ago at least). His essay doesn't really claim that though -- instead, he tries to lay the blame on libertarianism itself -- saying basically that the non-aggression principle doesn't fly in the modern age. He uses a number of equivocations and dramatic historical references in his efforts to justify his eschewing of an essential tenet of the philosophy he says he's held for 30 years. He concludes with a tacit endorsement of the then-upcoming war on Iraq.

His last line would fit well inside <sigh> tags, but italics will have to suffice:

This is, I admit, not a pristine libertarian position. That's because, in the world I see, this libertarian can't find one.

Collateral Damage and the Libertarian Non-Aggression Principle, by J. Neil Schulman


Read It Rating: 4.5
Left/Right Rating: R2
Freedom Rating: -3
Learning Percentage: 60%

Posted by Lance Brown at July 3, 2003 08:54 AM | TrackBack
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