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Also known as voluntarism

Voluntaryism (, ; sometimes voluntarism ) is used to describe the philosophy of Auberon Herbert, and later that of the authors and supporters of The Voluntaryist magazine, which supports a voluntary-funded state (i.e. "the Voluntary State"), meaning a lack of coercion and force in matters such as taxation.

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  • History
  • Movements identifying as voluntaryist
  • 17th century
  • 19th century
  • In the United States
  • Modern-era voluntaryists
  • See also
  • References
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Voluntaryism (, ; sometimes voluntarism ) is used to describe the philosophy of Auberon Herbert, and later that of the authors and supporters of The Voluntaryist magazine, which supports a voluntary-funded state (i.e. "the Voluntary State"), meaning a lack of coercion and force in matters such as taxation.

This is conventionally completed through a strict adherence to pacifism, civil rights, and either arbitration or some other mutually-agreed-upon court system between individuals.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “voluntaryism” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.