From principle to application Rieben breaks new ground with a constitution constructed from the principles of his own view on natural political philosophy. While this is not necessarily a new idea it is one of the few times in libertarian writing that it has been so eloquently stated. Each right implies a responsibility on behalf of each citizen to respect the rights of others. In this statement alone we are given the fundamental mechanism for defining law, politics and economics. Reciprocity of rights is the foundation of civil society, without which we exist in a state of over regulated, domination-based chaos.
Human needs are, for the most part and beyond infancy, individual responsibilit ies.
Liberty can only be achieved when there is a consistent integration between philosophical principle and practical political applica tion. By this definition men are equal politically and politically only. Th e government that governs least governs b est. He challenges the reader from the outset by stating that the constitution drawn from his statement of principles is a work in progress. This means it is not a utopian document.