From Aristocracy to Monarchy to Democracy by Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Author:Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-61016-635-5
Published: 2014-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

* * *

[1] Theoretically, all conflicts regarding the use of any good can be avoided, if only every good is always and continuously privately owned, i.e., exclusively controlled, by some specified individual(s) and it is always clear which thing is owned, and by whom, and which is not. The interests and ideas of different individuals may then be as different as can be, and yet no conflict arises, insofar as their interests and ideas are concerned always and exclusively with their own, separate property. Conflicts, then, are always conflicts regarding the answer to the question as to who is or is not the private (exclusive) owner of any given good at any given time. And in order to avoid all conflicts from the beginning of mankind on, it must be further always clear how private property is originally established (and here the obvious answer is: by original and thus undisputed appropriation of previously un-owned resources) and how property then can or cannot be transferred from one person to another (obviously: by mutual consent and trading rather than unilateral robbery).

[2] It should be noted that the logical requirements for permanent peace, for the potential avoidance of all conflicts, are met precisely with this solution. It is always clear who provisionally owns what and what to do if rival claims regarding scarce resources exist.

[3] I gave a speech at the Mises Institute Brasil in 2011 entitled “The Problem of Social Order.” It was published by the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, as “State or Private Law Society,” and is available at: mises.org/daily/5270/State-or-PrivateLaw-Society

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.