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What Is The Proper Libertarian View on Threats? Dear Michael: It all depends upon whether or not that gun pointing constitutes a threat. If your “gun” is an armor piercing bazooka, capable of plowing through that wall, and all you need is for that “gun” to drop, or you sneeze on it in just the right way to launch the missile, then, yes, it should be banned and you’d be a criminal. On what constitutes a threat, see this: Block, Walter E. and William Barnett II. 2008. “Continuums” Journal Etica e Politica / Ethics & Politics, Vol. 1, pp. 151-166, June; http://www2.units.it/~etica...

In The Free Society, Would Individuals Be Allowed to Own Nuclear Weapons? Dear Dr. Block. You argue that owning a nuclear weapon is illegitimate because you cannot limit it’s use to the “bad” guys. A possible objection to this as pointed out in this article https://www.google.com/amp/s/miseschrist.com/2014/05/11/nuclear-weapons-free-society/amp/ is that using something and owning something are distinct. A counterargument to this critique (in my opinion) is pointed out in this article https://voluntaryistreader.wordpress.com/2012/12/23/nuclear-weapons-in-libertarianism/ Basically the...

1.reward Every time your sister writes, oh, 500 words on her masters essay, she should reward herself. How? I dunno. I nice dinner? Listening to Bach? Sleep late? Go for a swim? Whatever turns her crank 2.penalty On any day should doesn’t do her assignment (is 500 words reasonable), she penalizes herself. No dessert? Set the alarm clock early? Whatever. 3.read this book: Edelstein, Michael R. and David Ramsay Steele. 2019. Three Minute Therapy: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life. San Francisco, CA: Gallatin House  http://therebt.life/ Best regards,