"'Government or Anarchy?' revisited" in FND
George Dance
article, got a mention in the July 4 Freedom News Daily. As I hope the
article will interest some here as well, here's the FND excerpt, with
the key argument and a link to the rest:
57) Government or anarchy? revisited
Nolan Chart
by George Dance
"At the core of proper government theory is the principle of the Rule
of Law: that everyone is subject to the same law, that everyone can
know that law, and that therefore everyone can always act knowing
whether his actions are legal or not. Without the Rule of Law, there
is no possibility of a law that it would be rational to consent to: it
is not rational to consent to anyone else's use of force against one,
without knowing when or where that force will be used against one. At
first blush, the anarchist vision looks like an extension, or even a
fulfillment, of the Rule of Law principle. However, some thought shows
that it is not only no such thing, but that it in fact jettisons that
principle completely." (07/01/09)