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To: who_would_fardels_bear
What you quoted is basically the NAP which is a nice sounding but unenforceable dictum. If some libertarians are for abortion and others aren’t, then what does the NAP really accomplish?

What is the NAP?   What does that mean?

Also a small "l" libertarian doesn't have anybody telling him how or what to think about anything.

59 posted on 05/25/2024 10:48:24 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: higgmeister
NAP = Non-Aggression Principle.

From Wikipedia:

The non-aggression principle (NAP), also called the non-aggression axiom, is the legal or moral rule that states that any person is permitted to do everything with their property except aggression, which is in turn defined as the initiation of forceful action, which is in turn defined as 'the application or threat of' 'physical interference (property breach) or fraud (contract breach)', any of which without consent. The principle is also called the non-initiation of force. The principle incorporates universal enforceability.

62 posted on 05/26/2024 12:12:13 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: higgmeister
I already addressed the ambiguity of the positions the LP advocates. And how non-initiation of force can be flip flopped on a whim on my comment #28.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4240147/posts?page=28#28

71 posted on 05/26/2024 9:25:35 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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