Kevin Carson has noticed our debate and gives a brief but useful summary of it. The debate about anarchism, particularly on market and non-market institutions within society, continues in the wake of his post as well as a deep discussion about time. Check it out.
Addendum (10:47 pm): Speaking of anarchy, check out this discussion on anarchy, minarchy, and (an/the?) Anarchism Anti-Defamation League at L&P sparked by Sheldon Richman. I just left a comment defending anarchy and anarchists from a rhetorical (one might say sophistical) trick by Irfan Khawaja. You’ll see what I mean when you read the discussion, but I say rhetorical or sophistical because like most minarchists Irfan seems to be readily dismissive of anarchy, makes unsupported assertions in favor of minarchy, and attempts to undermine anarchism by claiming there is a one-sided relationship regarding anarchists defaming the minarchist state using examples of failures by states minarhists wouldn’t support and statists defaming anarchy using examples of chaos to which anarchists deny the label anarchism. The anarchists, he claims, want to have their cake and eat it too; they simply like to defame the state but don’t like it when minarchists and other statists defame anarchy. The difference lies, I think, in the tendency among anarchists to appreciate and understand the moral and economic deficiencies of the state, but the veritable dearth of minarchists who take anarchism even half seriously. The relationship is actually the opposite of what he claims. The day I see minarchists making an effort to appreciate, understand, and deal with the moral and practical arguments in favor of anarchism is the day that the relationship will not be altogether one-sided.
Geoffrey is an Aristotelian-Liberal political philosopher and an adjunct instructor for Buena Vista University. His work has appeared in the Journal of Libertarian Studies, the Journal of Value Inquiry, and Transformers and Philosophy. He lives in Edgewood, KY with his wife and two children.
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