humanities.philosophy.objectivism

Mark Sieving wrote:

> On Feb 19, 9:51 pm, Mark N wrote:
>
>>Gordon Sollars wrote:
>>
>>>[...] Any person
>>>has the right to kill a murderer - so long as they know he is a
>>>murderer. [...]
>>
>>What kind of right is this, and where does it come from? (I'm just curious.)
>
> If you look in Locke,

Locke? You mean this guy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYFmHgaQMBI

:-)

> and maybe Hobbes (I'm not sure about that), it's
> called the natural executive right. This is basically the right of
> every individual, in a state of nature, to enforce the natural law.
> This right is generally surrendered upon entering civil society.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that your comments are
directed solely at the issue of *who* should enforce the natural law. I
know that that was the issue that Brian seemed to be interested in, but
it's not what I'm interested in.

The questions that I'm interested are (i) the meaning of the claim that
people (whether private individuals or agents of a government) have the
right to kill a murderer, and (ii) the basis for considering the claim
to be true.

Mark