Liberty in the Reputation Economy
Libertarianism is a perfectly fine ideology, one crafted with loving care. It�s joints are bound together with impressive internal consistency, it boasts a number of high-status followers, and its long heritage lends it gravitas like an Elizabethan clock . But it�s old. The world has changed. Our needs have changed. Who needs a hand-wound clock the size of a cabinet when we�ve got digital watches that read tweets to us? Sadly, the piece that�s most showing its age is the very core of the system - the Non-Aggression Principle (NAP). For the benefit of the uninitiated, the NAP is the central feature of libertarian moral and legal reasoning. It states that it�s wrong to harm another person�s body or property through force or fraud. A prohibition against �force or fraud� is pretty much the whole of the libertarian law. Otherwise do what thou will. Not all libertarianisms are NAP fundamentalists, but all of them are influenced by the NAP. I believe the NAP is a great start for a good societ...