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1、NaturalLaw,OrTheScienceOfJusticeByLysanderSpoonerLysanderSpoonerhasmanygreatdistinctionsinthehistoryofpoliticalthought.Foronething,hewasundoubtedlytheonlyconstitutionallawyerinhistorytoevolveintoanindividualistanarchist;foranother,hebecamesteadilyandi
2、nexorablymoreradicalashegrewolder.FromthetimethatBenjaminR.Tuckerfoundedthescintillatingperiodical,Liberty,in1881,SpoonerandTuckerwerethetwogreattheoreticiansoftheflourishingindividualistanarchistmovement,andthiscontinueduntilSpooner'sdeathin1887,atth
3、eageof79.SpoonerandtheyoungerTuckerdifferedononecrucialpoint,thoughonthatpointalone:Tuckerwasstrictlyanddefiantlyautilitarian,whereasSpoonergroundedhisbeliefinlibertyonaphilosophyofnaturalrightsandnaturallaw.Unfortunately,Spooner'sdeathleftTuckerasthe
4、majorinfluenceonthemovement,whichquicklyadoptedtheutilitariancreedwhileSpooner'snaturalrightsanarchismfadedintothebackground.Thepresent-dayfollowersofSpoonerandTucker,intheUnitedStatesandEngland,havealsoforgottenthefundamentalnaturalrightsgroundinginS
5、poonerandhaverestedonthefarmoreshakyandtenuousTuckerianbaseofegoisticutilitarianism.LysanderSpoonerpublishedNaturalLaw.Q!.theScienceofJusticeasapamphletin1882;thepublisherwasA.Williams&Co.ofBoston.ThepamphlethadconsiderableinfluenceamongAmericanandEur
6、opeananarchistsoftheday,andwasreprintedinthreeeditionsinthethreeyearsfollowingpublication.Spoonermeantthepamphlettobetheintroductiontoacomprehensivemasterworkonthe53naturallawofliberty,anditisagreattragedyofthehistoryofpoliticalthoughtthatSpoonernever
7、livedtocompletetheprojectedtreatise.Butwhatwehaveretainsenduringvaluefromthefactthat,ofallthehostofLo·ckeannaturalrightstheorists,LysanderSpoonerwastheonlyonetopushthetheorytoitslogical--andinfinitelyradical-conclusion:individualistanarchism.Thosewhoa
8、reinterestindelvingfurtherintoSpooner'sexhilaratingwritingswillbegreatlyrewardedbyreadinghisJ::!QTreason.andhisLettertoThomasE.Bayard,publishedtogetherunderthetitleNoTreasonbythePineTreePress,Box158,Larkspur,Colorado,andavailablefor$1.50.Thefo
