The Freedom Of Peaceful Action: On The Origin Of Individual Rights

481 Pages·2014·5.526 MB·English

by  Stuart K. Hayashi

The Freedom of Peaceful Action

The Freedom of Peaceful Action
On the Origin of Individual Rights
Stuart K. Hayashi
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Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Preface ix
I:INDUCTIVEREASON:THEONLYORACLEOFMAN 1
1 WhyFree-MarketAdvocatesNeedObjectivism 3
2 InductiveReason 15
3 TheUnityofReality 29
4 ComingtoOurSenses 49
5 AscertainingCausalConnections 63
6 AbsolvingAbsolutesfromRidicule 75
7 ContextualAbsolutes 93
8 TheBiologicalBasisofMorality 113
II:THEANATOMYOFGOVERNMENT 133
9 TheRuleofPeace 135
10 ReclaimingLiberalism 153
11 TheSwarmofVoters 167
12 “TheStateofNature”andtheNatureoftheState 185
13 TheInvisibleGun 205
14 RegulationasSpoliation 219
15 Contracts,RealVersusImaginary 243
16 ByDefinition,YouCannotConsenttoBeingCoercivelyTaxed 259
17 TheContractualFinancingoftheIdealState 279
18 ThePeacefulSectorandtheViolenceSector 293
19 GODvernment 311
20 TheRevolutionWillBePrivatized 329
21 TheMostVitalPrivatization 347
22 SavagePredationAgainstSelf-Ownership 361
23 ApplyingthePrinciplesofSelf-Ownership 377
BIBLIOGRAPHY 397
Index 439
AbouttheAuthor 465

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Acknowledgments
Theauthor wishes tothankthefollowingindividualswho,from2006to2013,haveread
earlydraftsofchaptersfromthiswork,andhaveprovidedcommentsonhowthewriting
could be improved in clarity and in content: Wayne “The Brain” Adams, George Bailey
Kirby, Carolyn A. Collins, Glenn Cripe, Brandon Cropper, Hannah Eason, Reid Ginoza,
Ryan Howard, Michael Stuart Kelly, Talifaitasi “Tali” Satele, Ken Schoolland, Samantha
Steven, and Jacob Woolcutt. Naturally, any errors to be found within this work are my
own.
Iwouldalsoliketo extenda specialthanksto EdwardW.Younkins.Intheyear2004
he began compiling an anthology of essays on the cultural importance of Ayn Rand’s
Atlas Shrugged, and had asked if I could contribute a chapter. I gladly obliged. Upon
readingmysubmission,Edstronglyencouragedmetoexpandupontheessay’sideasina
full-blown book-length treatise. This book, and the rest of the trilogy of which it is part,
areinsomerespectstheresultofthatsuggestion.Throughouttheprocessofwritingthis
work, I had found Ed’s emotional support and confidence in me to be, to use one of
Rand’sphrases,“spiritualfuel.”

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