On the surface, murder is antithetical to everything the liberty movement stands for: after all, depriving another human being of life means depriving them of all of their freedoms simultaneously, as well as the freedom to do with their future as they see fit. This is why those who call themselves libertarians tend to subscribe to some form of a “non-aggression principle”, which proscribes the initiation of violence, but allows (and even encourages) violence as a response to gross violations of an individual’s rights.
However, consider abortion. While a polarizing topic at the best of times, most libertarians still concede […]
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