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Physical force can be used to attack or to stop an attack. Force and Violence Are Not the Same Thing separates description from moral judgment and examines necessity, proportionality, purpose, and the boundary between defense and retaliation.
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Self-defense, the state monopoly on legitimate force, and institutional accountability are distinct questions. The Right to Self-Defense and the State Monopoly on Force asks when force can be justified and why authority is never a moral blank cheque.
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Benefiting from a common system may create a moral obligation not to live at the expense of others. But does that also create a general duty to obey authority?
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It is not enough to ask whether an institution is necessary. The deeper question is what it must be like to deserve our support: just, limited, accountable, close to people, and directed toward serving the community.
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