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Abstract
Thick moral terms – such as theft, fraud, and counterfeiting – are terms whose very use implies a definitionally necessary moral evaluation of their content. In this paper, I shall argue that the philosophy of statism – that is, a philosophy grounded in the belief in the normative justifiability and desirability of monopolistic apparatuses of initiatory violence – is necessarily amoral insofar as it cannot apply thick moral terms in a logically consistent manner. By the same token, I shall argue that libertarianism – i.e., the view that only consensual social relations are morally acceptable – is the only general sociopolitical doctrine capable of accomplishing this task, thus, in contrast to statism, making its prescriptions susceptible to genuine moral evaluation.

The chapter divides in two parts. A first section opposes the elements that earned France a reputation for being statistwith the growth and vivacity of associational life. A second section then asks if these changes are only superficial. Despite the difficulties of the traditional social partners to drive socio-economic reform in France, I argue that groups have become an important part of the French system of representation, especially as forums for deliberation and the implementaton of policy projects and instituionnlized feedback mechanisms for governmental initiatives.

The chapter divides in two parts. A first section opposes the elements that earned France a reputation for being statistwith the growth and vivacity of associational life. A second section then asks if these changes are only superficial. Despite the difficulties of the traditional social partners to drive socio-economic reform in France, I argue that groups have become an important part of the French system of representation, especially as forums for deliberation and the implementaton of policy projects and instituionnlized feedback mechanisms for governmental initiatives.

An abstract of "Einige Betrachtungen zum Sexualproblem in der UdSSR," from the journal OSTEUROPA, X (May, 1960), pp. 281-95.