Wolff's Anarchism Argument

 A person is autonomous.   To be autonomous is to be subject only to laws one has given to oneself.
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 A person is subject only to laws he has given to himself.A person has not given to himself the laws of the state.
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If a person is not subject to the laws of the state, then the state does not have authority over a person. A person is not subject to the laws of the state.
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The state does not have authority over a person.


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Richard Lee, rlee@uark.edu, last modified: 10 February 2003