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Source link: http://blog.mises.org/6532/on-evil-acts/

On Evil Acts

April 19, 2007 by

How does an evil impulse come to reside in a particular person and unleash itself in ghastly ways? Another consideration: how can we as a society best deal with the problem of evil? The problem comes from conflating the two issues. We do not have to side with either the progressives (people are basically good) or conservatives (people are basically bad). We only need to say that whatever is the intrinsic nature of man, the market will find the best possible means to deal with it, and whatever the outcome of that market process, it cannot be made better by involving the state. FULL ARTICLE

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JIMB April 27, 2007 at 11:23 am

TLWP – What Q? You answer mine and I’ll answer yours…

A pro-libertarian cannot take the market as it is today and insist it would be non-violent after all the parameters have changed (dissolving of the state, etc). What nonsense is that? Where’s the geniune alternative?

What determines the level of violence is the perceived returns to violence on the margin for those inclined (unfortunately). Really a market can only exist when a collection of people come to the common defense of their members against aggression – and insist – sometimes violently – that people “follow the rules” (or some sort of indemnification against losses).

The fact that there is not ** agreement ** in our system is a (very) serious ethical problem (and agreement is probably the basis of universal morality).

But again, we aren’t discussing only what is wrong, but what system needs to replace it, the practical strategy – the real alternative libertarianism offers.

The above questions remain, don’t they ?

JIMB April 27, 2007 at 11:44 am

TLWP – Oops. I think I read your post wrong: the first sentence as saying “I have asked JIMB this as well” addressed to the general participants … Reading it again, it doesn’t look like that was how you meant it. Sorry. Getting on one track here …

I agree with your sentiment.

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