I think that people should be allowed to create private contracts for any issue, but only if those contracts are not enforced. Both parties must remain willing participants throughout the process.
You realize that you can’t quite call something a contract if it is not enforceable? The point of contracts is precommitment. What good would the kind of “contract” you describe bring?
Freedom to make any sort of arrangement as long as all parties are willing. A “contract” would be a formal agreement. If you bring force into the mixture you’ll end up with more problems than if you don’t. You can’t have everyone and their grandmother making arbitrary agreements and then using state power to coerce others into following through, so let them make arbitrary agreements and sort it out amongst themselves. Otherwise you get as much injustice as if you’d just allowed the government to dictate your affairs on a whim.
You realize that you can’t quite call something a contract if it is not enforceable? The point of contracts is precommitment. What good would the kind of “contract” you describe bring?
Freedom to make any sort of arrangement as long as all parties are willing. A “contract” would be a formal agreement. If you bring force into the mixture you’ll end up with more problems than if you don’t. You can’t have everyone and their grandmother making arbitrary agreements and then using state power to coerce others into following through, so let them make arbitrary agreements and sort it out amongst themselves. Otherwise you get as much injustice as if you’d just allowed the government to dictate your affairs on a whim.