Does Sin Make Civil Government Necessary?
A discussion of the main points of Kerry Baldwin’s article on human sinfulness and the question of the state’s necessity for civil governance. The fact that people are sinners and there will always be crime is shown to be not a reason that states are necessary, but rather a reason for stateless (non-monopolistic) civil governance.
| 00:00 | Introduction |
| 00:32 | Episode Description Sinful Nature and the Question of the State’s Necessity |
| 01:06 | Overview of 4-part series Listen to episode 03 on first article concerning law and order and the question of the legitimacy of civil governance |
| 01:27 | article preface and summary |
| 03:02 | Federalist Paper 51 |
| 04:40 | Who will watch the watchmen? |
| 05:02 | original sin [audio] and total depravity Westminster Confession chapter 6 video on total depravity |
| 06:17 | introductory book about the Reformed view of the Bible’s teaching about salvation Putting Amazing Back into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel |
| 06:34 | Robert Higgs’ article on non-necessity of the state “If Men Were Angels” excerpt from article video presentation “The State Is Too Dangerous To Tolerate” |
| 09:02 | US govt says police have no duty to protect you |
| 09:35 | In principle, if we are at risk and need protection because people are sinners, then granting monopoly power to any group of sinners is the absolute worst thing we could do |
| 10:33 | R.J. Rummel on 20th century democide (murder by the state) |
| 12:48 | some seem willfully naïve about what states really are. Anatomy Of The State by Murry Rothbard audiobook |
| 13:50 | Conclusion: Stateless civil governance takes the principles of limited government to their most consistent and prudential conclusion The idea of limiting the monopoly state is unrealistic |
