Cafe Hayek has a nice, short entry about creationism, that segways into thoughts on the creation of social order -- ie, does order come from government only?
But the bluest blue-state left-“liberal” atheist oughtn’t be too quick with the self-congratulatory praise of his or her own rational faculties. Most left-liberals are pure creationists when it comes to society and social order. For them, government is the creator of order – of high wages, of safe working conditions, of safe food and drink, of fair prices, of good education, of trustworthy physicians, accountants, and butchers, of peace, commerce, culture, and civility itself.
Myself, I've been wanting to find a justification of Natural Rights that is not dependent on an unmoved mover, as Aristotle called it. It kind of goes back to that "can we shoot nihilists?" question.
It isn't hard to imagine a society without government, if Natural Rights are respected.
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