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Ideologies / Voluntarist / Auberon Herbert
Auberon Herbert — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1838–1906 · United Kingdom · Theorist

Auberon Herbert

Voluntaryism, named

No force, only consent.

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The English theorist who coined 'voluntaryism', holding that every human relation — including funding the state's protective functions — must rest on consent, never compulsion.

social

Individualist liberal of conscience.

economic

Free markets funded only by voluntary contribution.

governance

The non-initiation of force as the one inviolable principle.

Notable for
  • Coined 'voluntaryism'
  • Non-aggression principle
  • 'A Politician in Sight of Haven'
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