In this excerpt from The God of the Machine, Paterson argues that the desire to do good for others can lead people to the conclusion that their concept of the good should be enforced by compulsion.
You people should read this. It completely destroys the notion that government can be an agent of good.
http://www.libertarianism.org/public...ian-guillotine
I know most of you won't read it, and will insist on posting anyway. For those of you who do read this, even if you disagree, you will be more enlightened on the subject than you were before.