Nathan Goodman. Artículo original: Constraining the Night-Watchman State, del 27 de noviembre de 2020. Traducido al español por Luis Vera. Muchos libertarios favorecen restringir al Estado a unas competencias limitadas, usualmente el mantenimiento de la policía, las cortes, las prisiones y los servicios de seguridad diseñados para proteger los derechos individuales. Este “Estado protector” o…

Many libertarians favor constraining the State to a limited set of powers, typically to the maintenance of police, courts, prisons, and security services designed to protect individual rights. This “protective state” or “Night-watchman” state is seen as the minarchist ideal. However, I think some libertarians forget that even a state only devoted to these protective…

The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey, by Michael Huemer (Palgrave McMillan – 2012) Whether anarchy is good or not isn’t important. It’s whether it’s comparatively better than the alternatives. Or at least that’s what Michael Huemer begins arguing in chapter eight of The Problem…