The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Sunday, January 12, 2014

What is the state?

Legal positivism explains that laws are commands backed by force.

Whose commands? Whose force?

The state's.

But what is the state?

Force backed by humbug.

That being the sanctions of religion, morality, and political legitimacy.

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