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Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy
Even in an anarchy there would be consequences for killing another living human being. Limited government does not mean murder goes unpunished.
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I like Kant's view.
I would call your version more of a republic.
Immanuel Kant on anarchy
The German philosopher
Immanuel Kant treated "Anarchy" in his
Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View as consisting of "Law and Freedom without Force". Thus, for Kant, anarchy falls short of being a true
civil state because the law is only an "empty recommendation" if force is not included to make this law efficacious. For there to be such a state, force must be included while law and freedom are maintained, a state which Kant calls
republic.
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As summary Kant named four kinds of government:
A. Law and freedom without force (anarchy).
B. Law and force without freedom (despotism).
C. Force without freedom and law (barbarism).
D. Force with freedom and law (republic