tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post1537152524420739978..comments2023-12-31T03:18:37.403-06:00Comments on "E pur si muove!": Ethical AnarchismLester Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-42772810061173516632008-01-31T10:34:00.000-06:002008-01-31T10:34:00.000-06:00"Sorry for the late post."Oh, thanks for commentin..."Sorry for the late post."<BR/><BR/>Oh, thanks for commenting! I am hoping to write a book on this subject, but it's looking like there is another book or two that I will have to finish before I can really get to work on that one. The one thing I've written that is most closely related to it is here:<BR/><BR/>http://cfs.unipv.it/respect/hunt.pdf<BR/><BR/>It's just now being published in Italian. In it, I make something very much like your point about the "categorical imperative for the state."<BR/><BR/>And then there's <A HREF="http://philosophy.wisc.edu/hunt/Why%20the%20State%20Needs%20a%20Justification1.htm" REL="nofollow">this.</A>Lester Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746157071827337723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22657443.post-39057864573456977802008-01-30T22:15:00.000-06:002008-01-30T22:15:00.000-06:00Regarding: "Another implication: No state, or offi...Regarding: "Another implication: No state, or officer of the state, has any right to do anything that private individuals couldn't do in relevantly similar circumstances."<BR/><BR/>The first thing that I thought of was that you seem to have stumbled on a kind of categorical imperative for the state: Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time allow that it be acted on by the individual. <BR/><BR/>I find that the distinction between the moral and the political is all too often overlooked. I don't know how many times my morality has been questioned in response to certain of my political beliefs (e.g. that the state should not have the right to take from the rich and give to the poor). Sorry for the late post. What is the status of your work/thoughts on Ethical Anarchism?Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05180762290315096280noreply@blogger.com