tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post6492190196279658966..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: Who Will Pass the Laws?bionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-6794463607998422252014-10-20T19:19:23.589-07:002014-10-20T19:19:23.589-07:00I will check in from time to time, thank you for t...I will check in from time to time, thank you for the link. bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-49395309505631235892014-10-20T16:40:26.477-07:002014-10-20T16:40:26.477-07:00Law can be coherently conceptualized as a set of r...Law can be coherently conceptualized as a set of rules for dispute resolution that are not enforceable unless publicly adopted by each individual upon who they would be enforced. Somewhat like a sacred oath. For more details, check out www.vlda.org (my blog). I do appreciate critical comments on the topics written of there.Jonathan Jaechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10379443520888976176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-34991048641583674772014-08-22T12:50:25.894-07:002014-08-22T12:50:25.894-07:00I have not read it, however I hold the same view. ...I have not read it, however I hold the same view. There are many aspects of life for which the NAP is - fortunately - silent. Culture, as you put it, will often determine how those voids might be filled.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-35141203930271446522014-08-22T10:25:13.701-07:002014-08-22T10:25:13.701-07:00Hi BM,
Have you ever read The Moon Is A Harsh Mis...Hi BM,<br /><br />Have you ever read The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress?<br /><br />I hate to be one of those "science fiction libertarians" but Heinlein makes several compelling points about culture filling in the need for order without any actual laws being passed.alaska3636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-87406366868595564902014-08-21T07:37:30.124-07:002014-08-21T07:37:30.124-07:00"Speed limits are still infringing on my use ..."Speed limits are still infringing on my use of my private property by others."<br /><br />I've always had a hard time with this one. I can't argue that speed limits are infringing on my rights because, even with a privately owned rode, there would most likely be speed limits on some streets in a libertarian society. If government "owns" the rode they can set speed limits. What I do take issue with is the government forcibly taking my money to pay for the rode, regulating competition out of the rode market and *then* using citations (speeding... etc.) as a revenue source. This actually gets to your other question: "...why should I care if I have to turn to some private arbitration business or a local courthouse?". The reason you should care is the motivation. While the private arbitration business and the local courthouse have the same motivation, namely to make money, they differ in their methods of accomplishing this motive. The courthouse resorts to force while the private business relies on customer satisfaction.matmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02357168295798583146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-4463862405448655342014-08-20T23:50:41.416-07:002014-08-20T23:50:41.416-07:00Who will make the laws? For Libertarians that'...Who will make the laws? For Libertarians that's easy - the individual private property owners will make their own laws. But then why should I care who makes the law? Speed limits are still infringing on my use of my private property by others. I somehow offend someone and am facing a lawsuit why should I care if I have to turn to some private arbitration business or a local courthouse?Gilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-6873039144264288472014-08-20T20:22:59.064-07:002014-08-20T20:22:59.064-07:00Hoppe has done so much wonderful work on both defe...Hoppe has done so much wonderful work on both defense / security without coercive government as well as law during the medieval period. Thank you for reminding me of this.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-89045165991757947912014-08-20T15:13:37.831-07:002014-08-20T15:13:37.831-07:00In his speech on the transition from (natural) ari...In his speech on the transition from (natural) aristocracy to monarchy (I assume you've seen it --if not: http://bit.ly/VFl8xs), Hoppe talks about the rise of courts and arbitration. He talks about how the legal decision makers did not write laws or look to legislation but rather focused on "fact finding." Since the assumption was that every man owned himself and his property, it wasn't a matter of figuring out the law, it was a matter of discovering the facts of the case. <br /><br />So in Propertarian society that has been highly developed, I think that it is true that all "law" is found in contracts and the means by discovering these context-dependent "laws" is the same "fact discovery." <br /><br />How should law be enforced in Scenario X? Depends on the facts of the contractual agreement.<br /><br />Take that and run with it.C.Jay Engelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16254402183759801061noreply@blogger.com