prof. UMK dr hab. Łukasz Dominiak

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

English abstract: The article analyses the argument from the justified use of force, put forward against jusnaturalist skepticism by Stephan Kinsella. This argument is intended to show that skepticism about natural rights has become entangled in a performative contradiction, because in order to prove that no natural rights exist, it must assume the existence of such rights. The defeat of jusnaturalist skepticism, in turn, is to prove apagogically the existence of natural rights, including the libertarian private property rights. The article shows, using Hohfeld’s analysis method, that the anti-skeptical argument from the justified use of force does not achieve its goals.

Keywords: libertarianism, jusnaturalism, skepticism, natural rights, Hohfeld, Kinsella

Language: Polish

Published: nr 3(40)/2024, pp. 5-15.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36280/AFPiFS.2024.3.5

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