Rejoinder to Ayres on defense, punishment and gentleness

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https://doi.org/10.5380/rinc.v9i3.86477

Keywords:

punishment, defense, libertarianism, gentleness, proportionality.

Abstract

Ayres maintains that both punishment after the fact of crime, and what the victim is allowed to do during the commission of the crime, should be based upon proportionality. I agree with him on the former contention, but not the latter. This paper is my attempt to make the case that the victim is entitled, based upon libertarian law, to do whatever is necessary to defend himself and his property, provided, only, that he employ the most gentle means compatible with this end. Ayres demurs.

Author Biography

Walter Edward Block, Loyola University

Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Economics at Loyola University College of Business (Chicago, United States of America). Ph.D. in Economics at Columbia University (New York, USA). B.A. in Philosophy, Brooklyn College (New York, USA). E-mail: wblock@loyno.edu.

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2022-12-25

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BLOCK, Walter Edward. Rejoinder to Ayres on defense, punishment and gentleness. Revista de Investigações Constitucionais, [S. l.], v. 9, n. 3, p. 495–513, 2022. DOI: 10.5380/rinc.v9i3.86477. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufpr.br/rinc/article/view/86477. Acesso em: 23 nov. 2024.

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Vol. 9 No. 3 (2022): September/December

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