Proportionality trumps gentleness: reforming Block’s evictionism (part I)
Autor(a) principal: | |
---|---|
Data de Publicação: | 2021 |
Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
Idioma: | eng |
Título da fonte: | Revista de Investigações Constitucionais |
Texto Completo: | https://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/74518 |
Resumo: | This paper argues against the most important theoretical foundations which Walter Block uses to defend his thesis that Evictionism legitimizes indirectly deadly evictions of a progeny while simultaneously forbidding abortion. It begins by presenting Block’s Gentleness principle and Rothbard’s principle Proportionality separately. Then, it compares both principles to analyze how satisfactorily each of them deals with some important general problems of libertarian legal theory. The ‘bubble gum theft’ scenario is the main tool for this comparison because both authors uses ‘petty theft’ examples to illustrate their respective principles. This paper’s conclusions are as follows: First, every moment of crime is interconnected. Second, proportionality applies to every moment of crime. Third, that Block’s so-called ‘gentleness principle’ is not only redundant to proportionality, but also cannot be a libertarian principle for two reasons: (1) it implies positive rights and obligations; (2) it presupposes a deterrence penology. This paper is the first in a series of three in an attempt to reform the standard libertarian stance on abortion. |
id |
UFPR-14_8087a095d5617cad586d3210c1a31fb4 |
---|---|
oai_identifier_str |
oai:revistas.ufpr.br:article/74518 |
network_acronym_str |
UFPR-14 |
network_name_str |
Revista de Investigações Constitucionais |
repository_id_str |
|
spelling |
Proportionality trumps gentleness: reforming Block’s evictionism (part I)Área: Direito; Sub-área: Teoria do Direitoabortion; evictionism; libertarianism; proportionality; gentleness.This paper argues against the most important theoretical foundations which Walter Block uses to defend his thesis that Evictionism legitimizes indirectly deadly evictions of a progeny while simultaneously forbidding abortion. It begins by presenting Block’s Gentleness principle and Rothbard’s principle Proportionality separately. Then, it compares both principles to analyze how satisfactorily each of them deals with some important general problems of libertarian legal theory. The ‘bubble gum theft’ scenario is the main tool for this comparison because both authors uses ‘petty theft’ examples to illustrate their respective principles. This paper’s conclusions are as follows: First, every moment of crime is interconnected. Second, proportionality applies to every moment of crime. Third, that Block’s so-called ‘gentleness principle’ is not only redundant to proportionality, but also cannot be a libertarian principle for two reasons: (1) it implies positive rights and obligations; (2) it presupposes a deterrence penology. This paper is the first in a series of three in an attempt to reform the standard libertarian stance on abortion.NINC - Núcleo de Investigações Constitucionais da UFPRAyres, Cedric John2021-09-17info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/7451810.5380/rinc.v8i2.74518Revista de Investigações Constitucionais; v. 8, n. 2 (2021): maio/agosto; 407-433Revista de Investigações Constitucionais; v. 8, n. 2 (2021): maio/agosto; 407-433Revista de Investigações Constitucionais; v. 8, n. 2 (2021): maio/agosto; 407-4332359-563910.5380/rinc.v8i2reponame:Revista de Investigações Constitucionaisinstname:Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)instacron:UFPRenghttps://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/74518/45143Direitos autorais 2021 Cedric John Ayreshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-11-25T00:45:05Zoai:revistas.ufpr.br:article/74518Revistahttps://revistas.ufpr.br/rincPUBhttps://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/oairevista@ninc.com.br||2359-56392359-5639opendoar:2021-11-25T00:45:05Revista de Investigações Constitucionais - Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)false |
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv |
Proportionality trumps gentleness: reforming Block’s evictionism (part I) |
title |
Proportionality trumps gentleness: reforming Block’s evictionism (part I) |
spellingShingle |
Proportionality trumps gentleness: reforming Block’s evictionism (part I) Ayres, Cedric John Área: Direito; Sub-área: Teoria do Direito abortion; evictionism; libertarianism; proportionality; gentleness. |
title_short |
Proportionality trumps gentleness: reforming Block’s evictionism (part I) |
title_full |
Proportionality trumps gentleness: reforming Block’s evictionism (part I) |
title_fullStr |
Proportionality trumps gentleness: reforming Block’s evictionism (part I) |
title_full_unstemmed |
Proportionality trumps gentleness: reforming Block’s evictionism (part I) |
title_sort |
Proportionality trumps gentleness: reforming Block’s evictionism (part I) |
author |
Ayres, Cedric John |
author_facet |
Ayres, Cedric John |
author_role |
author |
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv |
|
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv |
Ayres, Cedric John |
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv |
Área: Direito; Sub-área: Teoria do Direito abortion; evictionism; libertarianism; proportionality; gentleness. |
topic |
Área: Direito; Sub-área: Teoria do Direito abortion; evictionism; libertarianism; proportionality; gentleness. |
description |
This paper argues against the most important theoretical foundations which Walter Block uses to defend his thesis that Evictionism legitimizes indirectly deadly evictions of a progeny while simultaneously forbidding abortion. It begins by presenting Block’s Gentleness principle and Rothbard’s principle Proportionality separately. Then, it compares both principles to analyze how satisfactorily each of them deals with some important general problems of libertarian legal theory. The ‘bubble gum theft’ scenario is the main tool for this comparison because both authors uses ‘petty theft’ examples to illustrate their respective principles. This paper’s conclusions are as follows: First, every moment of crime is interconnected. Second, proportionality applies to every moment of crime. Third, that Block’s so-called ‘gentleness principle’ is not only redundant to proportionality, but also cannot be a libertarian principle for two reasons: (1) it implies positive rights and obligations; (2) it presupposes a deterrence penology. This paper is the first in a series of three in an attempt to reform the standard libertarian stance on abortion. |
publishDate |
2021 |
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv |
2021-09-17 |
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv |
|
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
format |
article |
status_str |
publishedVersion |
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv |
https://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/74518 10.5380/rinc.v8i2.74518 |
url |
https://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/74518 |
identifier_str_mv |
10.5380/rinc.v8i2.74518 |
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv |
eng |
language |
eng |
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv |
https://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/74518/45143 |
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv |
Direitos autorais 2021 Cedric John Ayres http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
rights_invalid_str_mv |
Direitos autorais 2021 Cedric John Ayres http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
eu_rights_str_mv |
openAccess |
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv |
application/pdf |
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
NINC - Núcleo de Investigações Constitucionais da UFPR |
publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
NINC - Núcleo de Investigações Constitucionais da UFPR |
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv |
Revista de Investigações Constitucionais; v. 8, n. 2 (2021): maio/agosto; 407-433 Revista de Investigações Constitucionais; v. 8, n. 2 (2021): maio/agosto; 407-433 Revista de Investigações Constitucionais; v. 8, n. 2 (2021): maio/agosto; 407-433 2359-5639 10.5380/rinc.v8i2 reponame:Revista de Investigações Constitucionais instname:Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) instacron:UFPR |
instname_str |
Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) |
instacron_str |
UFPR |
institution |
UFPR |
reponame_str |
Revista de Investigações Constitucionais |
collection |
Revista de Investigações Constitucionais |
repository.name.fl_str_mv |
Revista de Investigações Constitucionais - Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) |
repository.mail.fl_str_mv |
revista@ninc.com.br|| |
_version_ |
1797174658561212416 |