&gt; <i>does any one or any group of people has the moral right to initiate force against two consenting adults agreeing to a mutual contract because we think we know better than they do about what&#x27;s best for them?</i><p>Yes. Society broadly has this &#x27;right&#x27; if you want to call it that (I would refer to it as a &#x27;duty&#x27;), though we are wise to exercise power there in a reasonably limited fashion e.g. making up a &#x27;Bill of Rights&#x27; etc. What you&#x27;re referring to forms the basis of the FDA, of OSHA, of the EPA, etc etc., all of which have had an overall positive effect on our economic health, our environmental health, and our literal bodily health. Monopolizing force and using it to promote egalitarian principles is a fundamental part of what makes Western civilization.<p>You seem to be suggesting that if we as a people decide to enact and enforce laws via our elected government <i>at all</i>, then we give up the right to complain about laws we perceive to be unjust, and agitate for change. In fact, <i>that is precisely how the system is meant to work.</i> Just because you&#x27;re miffed you aren&#x27;t getting your way all the time, is no reason to tear the whole system down, and I think you&#x27;ll find yourself part of a vanishingly small minority in believing so (very fortunately, even for you, even if you don&#x27;t realize it).