From: DSent: Saturday, June 04, 2016 11:03 PMSubject: Re: Non-aggression principle and punishment Dr. Block, I’ve been thinking about your exchange with “BF” about the non-aggression principle, and in particular the sort of edge cases where we, as you phrase it, are tempted to add an asterisk. I find I agree with you: restraining a potential suicide does indeed appear to be a violation of the NAP. How do we reconcile this? I find that a lot of libertarians can tend to become highly mechanistic about the NAP; perhaps this is just a consequence that arises from living in modern … Continue reading Does Stopping A Suicide Attempt Violate the NAP? Yes.