Compulsory Juries
Episode: 15 May 2011, Question 4
Are compulsory juries moral? Is it necessary and/or proper to compel citizens to serve on a jury? If not, what is the best way to ensure the right to a trial by a jury of your peers, rather than trial by government agents? Should a free society have professional volunteer juries like the military?
My Answer, In Brief: The government of a free society cannot justly compel taxes or military service – or jury duty. It's a violation of rights – and hence, immoral and impractical.
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Relevant Links
- Dr. Peikoff's 19 July 19 2010 podcast on compulsory jury duty.
- "Government Financing in a Free Society" in The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand
- "The Wreckage of the Consensus" (on the draft) in Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal by Ayn Rand
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