Auberon Herbert Books

Auberon Herbert was a 19th-century thinker who championed an individualist anarchist perspective on society. He explored the concept of a voluntary state, strictly limited to defending individual liberty and property, funded entirely through voluntary contributions. Herbert argued that government should never initiate force, only repel it, and that the right of self-ownership precludes any individual, majority, or state from claiming ownership over others. His work emphasizes that the state should protect rights, not infringe upon them, and his philosophy of voluntaryism offers a unique approach to societal organization.