Update (8/17/21): I have since made substantial revisions to the paper mentioned below and have re-titled it “Lockdowns as Takings.”

With the recent rash of oppressive and exemption-riddled lockdown orders being imposed across the United States again, I thought I would re-post my paper “A Nozickian or natural rights approach to the coronavirus pandemic.” Note: I am not second-guessing the wisdom of these measures; I am just saying that business owners are legally entitled under the Constitution to “just compensation” (i.e. lost revenues) whenever the government orders them to close down their business firms in the name of public health.