Vital Differences
Consequentialism is the bread and butter of modern state justifications. Why embrace one of their central premises? If convincing others something is wrong because it doesn’t “work” then your opponents will logically cloud the discussion with various ways it does work…if only SoAndSo was in charge, if only NewLaw was passed…if only we acted for the benefit of others rather than ourselves…if only the human experiment was tweaked via collective coercion….etc.I agree libertarian state reform is a functional contradiction and can’t work. But its morality isn’t affected by its pragmatic potential.
My comment at Let a Thousand Nations Bloom.