Re: How Would You Define Freedom?


Peter Bjørn Perlsø wrote:
ruetheday@xxxxxxxxxx <ruetheday@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Peter Bjørn Perlsø wrote:
Steve Campbell <SteveCampbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Which would you prefer?

Freedom = Absensce of coercion.


And how do you define "coercion"?

Right of the bat, coercion = use of force.

What constitutes the "use of force"? Have a look at the chapter
entitled "Problems" in David Friedman's, The Machinery of Freedom for a
clear explanation of why all this "non-initiation of force" stuff is a
bunch of nonsense.

http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Libertarian/Machinery_of_Freedom/MofF_Chapter_41.html

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