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    Individuals in a state of nature do not have a government. — Carmelics
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    Supports→Without a government, individuals lack objectively defined laws, and therefore the boundaries of their property rights are unclear.

    Individuals in a state of nature do not have a government.

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    Onkar Ghate (2019) and Harry Binswanger (2019) both defend this view. Ghate uses two scenarios involving individuals in a state of nature. Suppose you are by yourself on a desert island, and you domesticate a pig. Then someone from a neighboring tribe steals it. Do you have a right to retaliate by stealing some of his property, or stealing from his relatives? Again, suppose Robinson Crusoe and Friday are strangers sharing an island, and Crusoe invents a superior spear. Does Friday have a right t

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