by Noleaders » Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:03 pm
Well it depends i suppose. Egoism is radically sceptical and when you pursue scepticism to its logical conclusions all that exists is thoughts, not even thinkers are definately there, which also means you can be sceptical of the argument "you have to be sceptical of everything you don't know for certain". If you take a coherentist view of knowledge, which i do, then beliefs are true when they are coherent with all the other beliefs you have. At this point id say the burden of proof is on those saying murder, theft, etc. aren't wrong since it seems so contradictory to most of the other beliefs we have such as "murder and theft are harmful actions".
The Anarchists are simply unterrified Jeffersonian Democrats. They believe that 'the best government is that which governs least,' and that which governs least is no government at all.