in terms of big government versus small government. See also Anarchism Consequentialist justifications of the state Constitutional economics Monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force Rechtsstaat Rule of law Rule according to higher law Philosophy of law Political philosophy Political philosophy of Immanuel Kant References "Public Goods and the Justification for the State", from Humane Studies Review Vol. 7, No. 2 – Dan Garrett's review of David Schmidtz's "The Limits of Government: An Essay on the Public Goods Argument" (Boulder: Westview Press, 1991) Political philosophy Libertarian theory