[Avodah] anarchy/libertarianism

[David Riceman]

kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> One of the seven laws of Noach is to set up a system of courts to 
> enforce justice. Our 613 laws include laws about which crimes get what 
> punishments, and how the courts should work. How could one even begin 
> to think that this is consistent with anarchy?

Anarchism has a wide variety of forms, most of which try to deal with
this issue. It may be at least loosely related to the machlokes about
"oseh adam din l'atzmo", though no one thinks that applies to corporal
punishment.

T613K at aol.com wrote:
>  However, it is not, strictly speaking, assur to be stupid.

See PHM Hagigah 2:1 s.v. "kol shelo has al k'vod kono". According to
the Rambam it depends on why you're stupid.

David Riceman