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| | Mises Economics Blog: The Individualism of Auberon Herbert |
 | | Herbert's arguments for voluntaryism represent the "moral side" of the case for liberty, as mutual consent is the only form of organization which respects every individual's ownership of himself. |
| | At a time when, regardless of the rhetoric employed, the practical philosophy of governments is that they own as much of any individual as they choose, Herbert's challenge to the idea that others have "a commission to decide what [their] brother-man shall do or not do" is essential reading. |
| | Either, conquering all former scruples, he goes on supplementing the old restrictions with new restrictions in order to make them efficient, or, disgusted with the odiousness of compelling men to act against their own wishes and of reducing them to ciphers by regulation, he throws up the whole attempt and retraces his steps... |
| blog.mises.org /blog/archives/003836.asp (2886 words) |
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