Question #1, phrased several ways:
What realm of decisions is entirely left to the individual? What rights does he/she have beyond the claim of the state? What may a state not legitimately interfere with, in an individual's decisions? What range of motion is an individual entitled to independent of the state, or the approval of his/her neighbors? Or is there no such area, and is the state a totalitarian state?
Question #2, strictly after question 1:
Given the constrants from question 1 about what the state is prohibited from doing...Under what conditions (much fewer than what is allowed under #1) shall we allow the individuals who man the apparatus of the state to use violence to force other individuals to do what they want?
Question #3: strictly after question 2:
Inside of the bounds of question #2, what activities do we want the state to be involved in?
Question #4: strictly after question 3:
Who should make decisions about what the state should do, given that the state ought to be involved?
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I think this was unintentional, but the way you've framed the questions, there is NO question/area etc... that is entirely the domain of the individual...
Because other people, with rights, which intersect with your life and your rights, exist.
One must include the caveat "excluding trespass upon the rights of others" or something similar.
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