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Without Firing a Single Shot: Societal Defense and Voluntaryist Resistance

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07/30/2014Carl Watner

One might ask: why has there been so little consideration of nonviolent resistance among libertarians? Is it because they are so enamored of the concept of self-defense that they automatically assume that violence in the sphere of self-protection should be automatically extended to national defense? The argument in this paper is not that nonviolent struggle should be the only form of social defense acceptable to libertarians, but rather that it offers a consistently moral and practical way for an anarchical society to protect itself.

Volume 20, Number 3 (2006)

Author:

Carl Watner

 Carl Watner is from Baltimore, Maryland.

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Watner, Carl. "Without Firing a Single Shot: Societal Defense and Voluntaryist Resistance." Journal of Libertarian Studies 20, No. 3 (2006): 29–45.