Why has the idea of anarcho-capitalism enjoyed appeal in some quarters?

• Most anarcho-capitalists overlook an important moral distinction between justice and other values. Although the principle of justice implies that most values should be earned by one's actions, one is not obliged to "earn" justice itself. As we showed in Section 3, to assert that justice must itself be earned leads to logical circularity (see p. 3.10:32, including "Details" box). Justice is not a privilege for which one must "pay," e. g., by purchasing justice services just as one might purchase groceries; rather, it accrues to every individual as a matter of birthright. In a free society, the right to live free from the coercion of others is a fundamental right (indeed, the only fundamental right), not a special favor for which one is indebted to those others.