This paper is my last word, in the present journal, in the debate I have
been having with Walter Block on the subject of evictionism as an
alleged libertarian “third way,” capable of transcending the familiar
“pro-life” and “pro-choice” dichotomy. In this debate, I myself defended
what might be regarded as a qualified “pro-life” position, while Block
consistently argued that the mother is morally allowed to expel the
fetus from her womb provided that no non-lethal methods of its eviction
are available. While my position articulated in this paper contains an
element of what Block might consider a concession on my part—i.e., an
explicit declaration that abstaining from lethal evictions of fetuses
conceived as a result of rape is a libertarian duty, but only an
imperfect one—I continue to regard the unqualified support of
evictionism as indefensible on libertarian grounds.
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