Ayn Rand -

Rand contended that a volunteer military acts as a safeguard against military adventurism and serves as a protector of peace.

She believed that the draft establishes the principle that the state has a right to dispose of its citizens' lives. ayn rand

Rand viewed the draft as an enactment of "altruist self-sacrifice," where individuals are forced to serve purposes they may not share or understand. Rand contended that a volunteer military acts as

Rand’s ideas influenced the eventual abolition of the U.S. draft in 1973. ayn rand

She argued that without the draft, governments could not easily embark on "senseless ventures" like the Vietnam War, as they would struggle to find volunteers for wars lacking clear self-defense purposes.

Beyond moral grounds, Rand provided several practical reasons for abolishing the draft: