The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State and Other Essays (1978 ed.)
A collection of essays by a leading late-19th century radical individualist and follower of the ideas of Herbert Spencer. Herbert discusses the moral problems of state coercion, especially when applied to state education, and outlines the principles of “voluntaryism”.
The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State, and Other Essays, ed. Eric Mack (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1978).
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The copyright to this edition, in both print and electronic forms, is held by Liberty Fund, Inc.
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- Author: Auberon Herbert
- Editor: Eric Mack
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Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- ERIC MACK, INTRODUCTION
- Endnotes
- SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Auberon Herbert's Political Writings
- Secondary Material
- Editor's Note
- ESSAY ONE. THE CHOICES BETWEEN PERSONAL FREEDOM AND STATE PROTECTION
- Endnotes
- Editor's Note
- ESSAY TWO. STATE EDUCATION: A HELP OR HINDRANCE?
- Endnotes
- Editor's Note
- ESSAY THREE. A POLITICIAN IN SIGHT OF HAVEN
- Author's Note
- Editor's Note
- ESSAY FOUR. THE RIGHT AND WRONG OF COMPULSION BY THE STATE
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- Endnotes
- Editor's Note
- ESSAY FIVE. THE ETHICS OF DYNAMITE
- Endnotes
- Editor's Note
- ESSAY SIX. SALVATION BY FORCE
- Endnotes
- Editor's Note
- ESSAY SEVEN. LOST IN THE REGION OF PHRASES
- Editor's Note
- ESSAY EIGHT. MR. SPENCER AND THE GREAT MACHINE
- I
- II
- III
- Editor's Note
- ESSAY NINE. A PLEA FOR VOLUNTARYISM
- Editor's Note
- ESSAY TEN. THE PRINCIPLES OF VOLUNTARYISM AND FREE LIFE
- What We Voluntaryists Believe
- The Self-Owner Is Owner of His Own Mind and Body and His Own Property
- No Peaceful Nonaggressive Citizen Can Be Submitted to the Control of Others, Apart from His Own Consent
- The Moral Rights of a Delegated Body, Such as a Goverment, Can Never Be Greater than the Moral Rights of the Individuals Who Delegated to It Its Power. Force Can Only Be Used (Whether by an Individual or by a Government Makes No Difference) for Defensive Purposes—Never for Aggressive Purposes
- Voluntaryists Believe in Government, Strictly Limited as Regards Its Authority; and See in It, So Limited, a True Organ of Society
- Government as the Agent of the Nation in International Matters
- Government as the Useful Friend, Advising and Instructing, Not Compelling
- Miracles of State Socialism
- Anarchy Does Not Understand Itself
- The Land Nationalizer
- The Aim of the Voluntaryist
- Principles of the Voluntary State
- Some Reasons Why Voluntaryists Object to Compulsory Taxation in All Its Forms
- Labor Advised to Reject All Help from Coercion and Restriction
- Prices Raised by Restriction Mean a Tax Imposed by One Worker upon Another
- The Fruits of Liberty and the Fruits of Compulsion
- The Work That Is Waiting to Be Done
- Endnotes
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