[ExI] A possible justification for applying force even in an extreme libertarian minarchist state

[Anders Sandberg]

On 2013-11-23 19:26, Adrian Tymes wrote:
> If the topic didn't make it abundantly clear, I'm talking hypothetical 
> extremes here. ;)
>
> Specifically: it has sometimes been posited on this list that a 
> utopian government, or anarchy, should never apply coercive force.  
> I've had issue with that position, but I hadn't found a really good 
> way of stating it until now:

Isn't this dealt with at some length in David Friedman's "The Machinery 
of Freedom"?

By the way, Nick Bostrom's paper on information hazards might be 
relevant. There are externalities to informing people too.

The problem with arguing this topic is that it strikes at an extreme 
minority position, so small that it might be called a strawman. Sure, 
there are some people who might argue it. But it does not represent a 
majority of libertarians (minarchists will no doubt be fine with it). 
Still, as a philosophy essay without any aims beyond showing a limit to 
non-coercion it makes sense.

-- 
Dr Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University