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Night-watchman state
'''Minarchism''' is the [[political]] [[philosophy]] that advocates the minimum [[government]] necessary to ensure social order. In general, minarchists support government providing a legal system including [[police]] and [[judge]]s. Beyond this, there is often disagreement about what the government's minimal role should be, with some including roads and natural resources, but others holding only to police and a court system.
'''Minarchism''' is the [[political]] [[philosophy]] that advocates the minimum [[government]] necessary to ensure social order. In general, minarchists support government providing a legal system including [[police]] and [[judge]]s. Beyond this, there is often disagreement about what the government's minimal role should be, with some including roads and natural resources, but others holding only to police and a court system.
One popular form, defended by Robert Nozick in ''[https://joseywales1965.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/0001_anarchy_state_and_utopia.pdf Anarchy, State, and Utopia]'', is the ''night-watchman state'', which would have only courts, police, and a military.
[[Category:Libertarianism]]
[[Category:Libertarianism]]