Hey Nick, Welcome back. As you say, the implications of NAP are profound in regards to individual liberty. As a corollary, government has the legal sanction to initiate physical coercion. Thus, all who value liberty must be wary of government power to override natural law and individual rights.
Platt On 5 Jun 2009 at 11:45, blue-jay maple wrote: > > This eventually led into a better understanding, for me, of quality, but > first > a starting point. > > The non-aggression principle (NAP) is an old concept, but has been refined > over the > centuries. The NAP is a very simple principle to state. It means 'no > initiation > of physical coercion'. As a principle this has been, and thus can be > conflated with > right of liberty for liberty also means 'no initiation of physical coercion'. > My understanding is based, in part, on the natural law of human nature and > free-will. > > This being said the implications are enormous, and this can be a mouthful > at first so > I will end this post here and say more later. This is a developing picture. > > thanks, > Nick > > -- > Be Yourself @ mail.com! > Choose From 200+ Email Addresses > Get a Free Account at www.mail.com > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
