Rejoinder to Block on COVID

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11/06/2023 Journal of Libertarian Studies Norbert Slenzok

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Rejoinder to Block on COVID

Block (2022) takes issue with Slenzok’s (2021) argument against universal antipandemic restrictions (UAPR) developed in the context of COVID-19. He purports to have concocted a thought experiment that invalidates Slenzok’s analysis. In this brief reply, it is demonstrated that Block’s scenario is beside the point and that his (qualified) pro-UAPR position is premised on a notion of agnosticism which, if followed consistently, would render libertarianism utterly inapplicable to real-life conditions.

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Norbert Slenzok, "Rejoinder to Block on COVID," Journal of Libertarian Studies 27 (2023).

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