Defending the Non-agression principle

George H. Smith examines the claim that the non-aggression principle should be viewed as a defeasible presumption.

Smith examines the argument that minor acts of aggression are morally permissible if they result in good consequences that offset an unjust act.

George H. Smith criticizes Zwolinski’s discussions of risk, fraud, and the relationship between aggression and property rights.

George H. Smith presents the rudiments of a theory of children’s rights.

George H. Smith discusses various formulations of the non-aggression principle and concludes with some remarks about the problem of pollution.