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Donald Allen
Donald Allen Libertarian Midterm Review POLS 2300 UofU
Question | Answer |
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What is the State? | Evil, coercive, artificial |
Freedom? | Negative, charactarized by the absense of government intervention -Mature adults have an obligation to make their own decisions |
Anti-Paternalism | Against the idea that the state inherently knows what is best for its citizens and thus can boss them around. |
Tyranny of the Majority | Majority morality combined with an active government in the market leads to laws such as prohibitions and the illegalization of prohibition. |
Implications of the Tyranny of the Majority? | Leads to a Black Market since human nature determines that a supply will always rise to meet demand |
Implications of Black Markets? | The active government and the tyranical majority are ultimately responsible for the violence that ensues in the wake of illegal distribution of goods; -Drug Wars, Gangland, Mob, Mafia, etc |