This is a really dumb popular-cheesy-sounding title for such a good book. I know the publisher is only concerned about money, but it's a very misleading title, because this is really "Libertarianism 101." All that the Judge does is provide a rationale for and a list of basic human rights, and explains each one, and how the government should be protecting them. I think this book could have had more lasting value if it had an accurate title, because it really shouldnt be one of those fast-furious books that sell a bunch and now its a penny at thrift stores. It's really too good for that.
This was a very eye-opening book for me as it showed how plainly and simply the purposes of the federal government have been compromised. However, the Judge left many questions unanswered:
1. How does a libertarian government (that only protects human rights) obtain funds for its survival? (Because the judge believes *all* forms of taxation are wrong - and I agree with him, but he provides no alternative).
2. The Judge argued that Natural human rights reflect basic human "yearnings" and "desires." But I think he could refine this a bit: capacities and functions. People have the right to own property, make stuff out of legos, eat food, and reproduce not simply because they *want* to, but because they were *made* to.
3. What about children? This has always been the dilemma/enigma of libertarian theory, and the Judge leaves this important question (what rights do they have - if they are neither property nor autonomous human beings like the average rational adult) aside.
Nevertheless, it's a great book that everyone should read - from the liberal to the neoconservative.
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