Egalitarianism, Rothbard wrote, was a revolt against nature.
The analytical Marxist G.A. Cohen wouldn’t know nature if it bit him on the ass, which is why he was a socialist egalitarian.
Cohen’s basic morality was twisted by his communist upbringing but not completely which makes uncovering his errors interesting.
Which is exactly what I do in this book.
Slavery, they say, is wrong.
But can you prove it?
I can, and do, in this book, as a small part of building a metaethical system.
You will learn what is good -- or rather what good is; why murder is wrong; how morality motivates; and a whole lot of cool things in this vein.
David Friedman tries to fix with "what's wrong with the world" and fails miserably.
This universe is not our true home. Why then are we here? If men live only one life as Christianity affirms, then perhaps this is a natural place to get one's eternal life started.
If, however, as I think, there is something to the doctrines of metempsychosis and suchlike, then we must admit that the main answer is to improve in all of our faculties.
But in that case, this universe is somewhat of a simulation: a boot camp for both the soul and the body.
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