libertarians say that's also a violation of the right to liberty take the example of, well a classic example of legislation offered in the name of promoting morality traditionally, have been laws that prevent sexual intimacy between gays and lesbians the libertarian says nobody else is harmed nobody else's rights are violated so the state should get all of the business entirely of trying to promote virtue or to enact morals legislation. and the third kind of law or policy it is ruled out on the libertarian philosophy is any taxation or other policy that serves the purpose of redistributing income or wealth from the rich to the poor redistribution is a kind of, if you think about it says libertarianists, a kind of coercion what it amounts to is theft by the state or by the majority if we're talking about a democracy from people who happen to do very well and earn a lot of money now Nozick and other libertarians allow that there can be a minimal state that taxes people for the sake of what everybody needs the national defense police force judicial system to enforce contracts and property rights but that's it. 