The implications of the NAP, if it were applied consistently, are massive. If the NAP accurately summarizes (as far as it goes) the moral obligation of individuals as they relate to their neighbor, then does it apply to groups of individuals? If it applies to groups, then does it apply to groups calling themselves States? This would force us to conclude that States, founded as they are on coercive taxation and routine initiations of violence against the property rights of their subjects, are illegitimate. This is the meaning of the law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets” (Matt ). Can threatening or initiating violence against our neighbor ever fit into Jesus’ definition of loving our neighbor? What we must ask is “does the NAP (as far as it goes) accurately summarize the individual moral obligation in God’s Moral Law of each human toward every other human?” Jesus positively summarized all the Law and the Prophets in the Great Commandment, “Love God and love your neighbor as yourself” (Luke -28) and in the Golden Rule, “Do to others what you want them to do to you. So in asking this question, we must not ask for a mere proof text. You won’t find Rothbard 2:8 in the Bible. When asking if this axiom is Biblical, we are not asking whether the Bible explicitly spells out the NAP. Here is the fundamental rule from which can be deduced the entire corpus of libertarian theory.” In short, no violence may be employed against a nonaggressor. Violence may be employed only against the man who commits such violence that is, only defensively against the aggressive violence of another. “No one may threaten or commit violence (‘aggress’) against another man’s person or property. John Locke formulated it as, “Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.” Murray Rothbard in his essay War, Peace, and the State put it this way: It has been stated in many ways over the years, especially with the rise of 19th century classical liberalism, market capitalism, individual human rights, and limited government. The Non-Aggression Principle is an axiom which states that all aggression is illegitimate.

Non aggression principle