EXAMPLES? —Curt, can you give me some examples of immoral behaviors that would

EXAMPLES?

—Curt, can you give me some examples of immoral behaviors that would be permitted under rothbardianism that would be suppressed under propertarianism?—

Great question.

The classical example is blackmail – which while voluntary (a) is not productive, (b) incentivizes retaliation, and (c) constitutes a conspiracy against others or the commons.

In order for cooperation to be rational it must consist of productive, fully informed, warrantied, voluntary transfer of property en toto, free of imposition of costs against property en toto by externality. Blackmail is objectively immoral (a disincentive to cooperation, and a privatization – theft – of the commons of ‘cooperation’). We don’t tend to think of the stock of trust as an asset but it is one of our most influential in the production of economic velocity and therefore prosperity.

Cheers

Curt