Determining if an action violates ‘property rights’ begs the question. You must list all the scenarios that violate and that does not violate ‘property rights’ in order to define ‘property rights’. For example:
Setting self-defense aside, libertarians classify these actions as violating ‘property rights’:
- killing someone without his consent
- seizing someone’s property without consent
- forcibly taxing someone or any business entity
- vandalizing houses, shops, and vehicles
- restricting one to smoke heroin and cannabis
- forcing employers to not discriminate employees based on race and sex
- defrauding customers by not giving them their purchases
- extorting persons to obtain their money or property
- banning or restricting trade between any two individuals
- using tariffs, value-added taxes, or sales taxes on traded goods or services
- forcing medical practitioners, lawyers, accountants, and other ‘professionals’ to obtain a license
- mandating all businesses and individuals to comply with safety codes, zoning laws, and quality inspection
- requiring all employers to comply with minimum wage laws and other wage controls
- requiring all sellers to set a certain price
- forcing all children to go to school or vocational training
- forcing citizens to speak a certain language or dialect
- building roads or monuments by eminent domain
- setting standards which force all individuals within a specific occupation to comply with
- interfering with someone’s radio frequency when broadcasting television or calling someone
- violating trade secrets
- blocking someone’s farm from adequate sunlight
- producing atomic bombs
- dumping one billion tons of carbon dioxide into the air per day
Setting self-defense aside, libertarians do not classify these actions as violating ‘property rights’:
- blackmailing someone
- saying racial slurs and politically incorrect speech
- distributing pornography and drugs, including heroin
- prostitution
- gambling
- social ostracism
- boycotting someone or a business entity
- defamation, slander, and libel
- insider trading
- buying and selling within the underground economy
So determining if an action ‘violates’ property a ‘tiny bit’ or not a ‘tiny bit’ depends on the definition of ‘property rights’. Ethical apriorism cannot deduce whether or not if these specific actions violate ‘property rights’, unless you define whether each instance violates ‘property rights’ or not.